Question

A civil engineer is designing a public parking lot for the new town hall. The number of cars in each row should be six less than the number of rows in the lot. The mayor has requested that the new lot should hold twice as many cars as the current parking lot, which has space for 56 cars.
Determine which equation the civil engineer can use to find the number of rows, x, he should include in the new parking lot.

A.
6x2 − 56 = 112
B.
x2 − 6 = 112
C.
x2 − 6x = 112
D.
2x2 − 12x = 112

Answer 1

The equation which the civil engineer can use to find the number of rows is 2x² - 12x = 112. Option D

How to determine the equation

Let the number of rows be x

Number of cars in each row = x - 6 = 56

Number of rows for parking lot = 2x

Then,

Number of cars for new parking lot = 2x ( x - 6 = 56)

Expand the expression,

2 ( x - 6 = 56)

2x² - 12x = 112

Thus, the equation which the civil engineer can use to find the number of rows is 2x² - 12x = 112. Option D

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