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Answer:
He saw <u>1 duck</u> and <u>3 dogs</u>.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Evan went to the park and saw four animals.
Each animal was either a duck or a dog.
He saw a total of 14 legs.
Now, to find the number of each animal he had seen.
Let the number of duck be
And the number of dog be
So, total number of animals:
Now, the total number of legs he did see:
<em>As we know the legs of a duck are 2 and a dog are 4.</em>
Adding both sides by -16 we get:
Dividing both sides by -2 we get:
The number of duck = 1.
Now, putting the value of in above equation we get:
The number of dogs = 3.
Therefore, he saw 1 duck and 3 dogs.
The absolute value function |<em>x</em>| always returns a non-negative number. It takes any number <em>x</em> and returns <em>x</em> if it's already non-negative, or -<em>x</em> if it is negative in order to make it positive.
For the equation
-3 + 4 |2<em>x</em> - 5| = 14
rearrange terms to get
|2<em>x</em> - 5| = 17/4
Now,
• if 2<em>x</em> - 5 ≥ 0, then |2<em>x</em> - 5| = 2<em>x</em> - 5. Then
2<em>x</em> - 5 = 17/4
• and if instead 2<em>x</em> - 5 < 0, then |2<em>x</em> - 5| = -(2<em>x</em> - 5), so that
-(2<em>x</em> - 5) = 17/4, or
2<em>x</em> - 5 = -17/4
In the first case,
2<em>x</em> - 5 = 17/4
2<em>x</em> = 17/4 + 5 = 37/4
<em>x</em> = 37/8
In the second case,
2<em>x</em> - 5 = -17/4
2<em>x</em> = -17/4 + 5 = 3/4
<em>x</em> = 3/8