The ROTC students at Kingsman High School sold barbecue plates to raise money to take children from a shelter to the circus. The
y bought 2 kinds of meat 50 pounds of chicken at 59 cents per pound, and sausage at 85 cents per pound. If they paid 65.30 for the meat, write and solve the equation can be used to determine x, the total weight of meat they purchased?
This is Pythagorean theorem. We already know a and c. a = 4 and c = 10 4² + b² = 10² 16 + b² = 100 Subtact 16 from each side. b² = 84 Square root of each side: b = ≈9.165 or √84
