Melissa could clean one sixth of the area in half and hour because you divide by 2 since 60 divided by 2 is 30 and she has half as much time
|3x|=9
3x=9 -3x=9
X=9/3 x=9/-3
x=3 x=-3
Whenever you have an absolute value sign you have to find both the positive and the negative because they didnt signs into the equation but sometimes a question will ask for strictly the positive value or the negative value but if its not stated, find both.
I would solve this using tangents. Let h be height of flagpole.
Set up 2 right triangles, each with a base of 40.
The larger triangle has height of "h+70"
Smaller triangle has height of 70.
Now write the tangent ratios:

Note: A-B = 9
To solve for h we need to use the "Difference Angle" formula for Tangent

Plug in what we know:



Two numbers, one being 12, are multiplied to equal 48.
Therefore, the answer is B) 12x = 48