So close! But instead of adding the multiplication sign after the number you need to add them before. Good job though! :)
Answer:
AB=29; BC=27
Step-by-step explanation:
So they told us AB=4x+9 and that BC=5x+2, and AC=56 , now to help with the question you can draw this information on a number line. Now on a number you can see that basically AC=AB+BC.
So you would write it as such,,
4x+9+5x+2=56
Combine like terms
9x+11=56
Now you have to isolate the x by itself but first get rid of the 11.
9x+11-11=56-11
You would get
9x=45
Here you can divide 9 by both sides to isolate x.
9x/9=45/9
{x=5}
Now to find the value for both substitue x in the equations for both
1. AB=4x+9 where x is 5
4(5)+9 =AB
20+9 =AB
29=AB
You would do the same with BC
2. BC= 5x+2 where x is 5
5(5)+2= BC
25+2= BC
27=BC
If you want to check your answers you can just substitute x for 5 in the first equation we did where AC=AB+BC
Multiply all the numbers on 2
Answer:
<em>Any width less than 3 feet</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Inequalities</u>
The garden plot will have an area of less than 18 square feet. If L is the length of the garden plot and W is the width, the area is calculated by:
A = L.W
The first condition can be written as follows:
LW < 18
The length should be 3 feet longer than the width, thus:
L = W + 3
Substituting in the inequality:
(W + 3)W < 18
Operating and rearranging:

Factoring:
(W-3)(W+6)<0
Since W must be positive, the only restriction comes from:
W - 3 < 0
Or, equivalently:
W < 3
Since:
L = W + 3
W = L - 3
This means:
L - 3 < 3
L < 6
The width should be less than 3 feet and therefore the length will be less than 6 feet.
If the measures are whole numbers, the possible dimensions of the garden plot are:
W = 1 ft, L = 4 ft
W = 2 ft, L = 5 ft
Another solution would be (for non-integer numbers):
W = 2.5 ft, L = 5.5 ft
There are infinitely many possible combinations for W and L as real numbers.