You can formulate your own equations by analyzing the given problem and its statements. You can do some illustrations so you can understand it better. Introduce some variables and the rest is algebra. For example:
An orange costs $2 while a banana costs $1.5. How many oranges and bananas do you have to buy such that the total cost would equal to $20. You bought a total of 12 fruits.
First, you have to introduce variables. Let 'x' be the number of oranges and 'y' be the number of bananas. One equation you can get from here is knowing the amount of total cost: 2x + 1.5y = 20. Then, the other equation would be knowing the amount of fruits: x+y=12. You have two unknowns and two equations. Hence, you can solve the problem. Solving them simultaneously, you would get that x=4 and y=8.
So what you need to do is find the volume and divide it by 2.
Your work appears to be correct.
The results from a graphing calculator are in agreement.
Answer:
The width (in our case it is the height) of the rectangle equals 17 miles
Step-by-step explanation:
In order to solve this, we need to know the following...
Area of a rectangle = Length x Width
(in our case based on what you said length is the base and width is the height)
Now we just change the formula to our needs and get that...
Width = Area of the rectangle / Length
And so we get...
Width = Area of the rectangle / Length
Width = 226.1 / 13.3
Width = 17 miles
1 1/2 cups = 3/2. 3/2 divided by 4 = 3/2 x 1/4 = 3/8 cup
