Area = Length x Width
so, 88 = (something) x 8
Can you work out the something using mental math?
The answer is 1
Work
11/6=1.833
You can serve 1.833 people? No because unfortunately, you can't feed a fraction of a person. So, you can actually only feed 1 person.
Answer:
The original dimensions of the card were 9 inches length and 9 inches width
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the original length and width of the card in inches (remember that it was squared originally). The exercise says that the area of the new width, with dimensions x-4 and x-5 is 20 square inches, therefore
(x-4)*(x-5) = 20
x²-9x+20 = 20
x²-9x = 0
x*(x-9) = 0
x = 0 or x = 9
Since x must be positive, then it cant be 0, thus, x has to be 9. The original dimensions of the card were 9 inches length and 9 inches width.
Yap,
It seems to me that there are two answers. Both y = .5x and y = 12x. Direct variation is what I'm thinking of so hopefully this helps.
BTW - with Direct Variation, the line will go through (0, 0).
