I believe that x is equal to 6. x=6
Because he has 4 pounds of apples left, you are to subtract that from the total pounds picked, which was a total of 55 pounds. So 55 with 4 taken away, or 55 - 4, equals 51. Since he had equally put 51 pounds into six bags, you are to then divide . 51 / 6 = 8.5. He had put 8.5 pounds worth of apples into each bag.
You'd find the vertical asymptotes by seeing where the denominator equals zero; you can do so by factoring the denominator.
In this case, you can factor the denominator into (x+3)(x+2), so if you set each of those equal to zero you can find the equations of the vertical asymptotes (x=-3 and x=-2).
There’s probably an easier way to do it like with the equation to find the area of a trapezoid but i did it this way bc it’s easier for me
i split the trapezoid into a triangle and a square
with the pythagorean theorem i found the missing side length to find the area of the square (length X width)
then found the area of the triangle (base X height divided by 2)
THE ANSWER IS 68.9 CM