Ruby is visiting San Francisco. From her hotel she walks 1 block east and 2 blocks south to a coffee shop. Then she walks 2 bloc
ks west and 3 blocks south to a museum. Where is the museum in relation to her hotel?
of her hotel.
The museum is block(s) and block of her hotel
of her hotel.
The museum is block(s) and block of her hotel
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Ok, we have a system of equations:
6*x + 3*y = 6*x*y
2*x + 4*y = 5*x*y
First, we want to isolate one of the variables,
As we have almost the same expression (x*y) in the right side of both equations, we can see the quotient between the two equations:
(6*x + 3*y)/(2*x + 4*y) = 6/5
now we isolate one off the variables:
6*x + 3*y = (6/5)*(2*x + 4*y) = (12/5)*x + (24/5)*y
x*(6 - 12/5) = y*(24/5 - 3)
x = y*(24/5 - 3)/(6 - 12/5) = 0.5*y
Now we can replace it in the first equation:
6*x + 3*y = 6*x*y
6*(0.5*y) + 3*y = 6*(0.5*y)*y
3*y + 3*y = 3*y^2
3*y^2 - 6*y = 0
Now we can find the solutions of that quadratic equation as:
So we have two solutions
y = 0
y = 2.
Suppose that we select the solution y = 0
Then, using one of the equations we can find the value of x:
2*x + 4*0 = 5*x*0
2*x = 0
x = 0
(0, 0) is a solution
if we select the other solution, y = 2.
2*x + 4*2 = 5*x*2
2*x + 8 = 10*x
8 = (10 - 2)*x = 8x
x = 1.
(1, 2) is other solution