Pythagorean Theorem: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
a = 6
c = 9
b = ?
6^2 + b^2 = 9^2
36 + b^2 = 81
b^2 = 81 - 36
b^2 = 45
b = sqrt(45)
b = 6.71 miles
Boys to girls is 4:5.......added = 9
so 4/9 are boys and 5/9 are girls
4 3/8 is what I believe to be the answer.<span />
Answer: The goal was $500
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Work Shown:
x% = x/100
175% = 175/100 = 1.75
Let g be the goal, which is the amount of money the club wanted to raise
175% of goal = 175% of g = 1.75g
The expression 1.75g represents how much money was actually raised, which was $875. Set the two expressions equal to each other. Solve for g
1.75g = 875
g = 875/1.75 ....... divide both sides by 1.75
g = 500
The club's goal was to raise $500
Note how 75% of $500 is 0.75*500 = 375
When they raised 175% of the goal, this means they went 75% overboard and added on 375 additional dollars (on top of the 500 they wanted). So they got to 500+375 = 875 which lines up with the instructions. This helps verify the answer.
Or we can see that 1.75*g = 1.75*500 = 875 which helps confirm the answer as well.