The square root of -17/16 is 0.257694102 i
Find the volume of the silo.
The formula is: Volume = PI x r^2 x h
Replace volume with the volume of grain and solve for h:
38000 = 3.14 x 24^2 x h
38000 = 3.14 x 576 x h
38000 = 1808.64 x h
Divide both sides by 1808.64
h = 38000 / 1808.64
h = 21.01
The grain would be 21.01 feet ( round to 21 feet.)
The second one should be the answer
Let the number of 250g=0.25 kg jars be x and that of 500g=0.5 kg jams be y;
therefore:
total number of jars ws
x+y=511
x=511-y..........i
total mount kgs was:
0.25x+0.5y=186.5....ii
substituting i in ii
0.25(511-y)+0.5y=186.5
127.75-0.25y+0.5y=186.5
solving for y we get:
0.25y=186.5-127.75
0.25y=58.75
y=58.75/0.25
y=235 jars
and
x=511-x
=511-235
=276
hence we conclude that there was 235 jars with 0.5 kg almond and 276 jars with 0.25 kg almonds
Since we don't want to use the Pythagorean Theorem on all of these, first we look for some Pythagorean Triples. Its very helpful to know some of the common ones, so here's a list:
3, 4, 5
5, 12, 13
7, 24, 25
8, 15, 17
So we either look for these or a multiple of these numbers.
The last one is the only one that fits because 15, 20, 25 is a multiple of the triple 3, 4, 5 by multiplying all of them by 5.
Thus, 15, 20, 25 forms a right triangle.
