Answer: There are 6 bricks in the bag.
Step-by-step explanation:
Convert from mixed number to decimal number. To do it, divide the numerator of the fraction by the denominator and add the result to the whole number part. Then:
Convert from fraction to decimal number. To do it you need to divide the numerator by the denominator. Then, you get:
Let be "x" the number of bricks in the bag<em>.</em>
<em> </em>Based on the information given in the exercise, you can set up the following proportion:
Finally, you must solve for "x" in order to find its value. This is:
8 times 8 is the closest you can get to 71 without going over, since 8 times 9 would be 72.
8 strawberries : 32 strawberries
1:4
This is the Ratio so
5 bananas : 20 bananas
6 apples : 24 apples
2 pears : 8 pears
He should use 20 bananas , 24 apples and 2 pears.
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You cannot add row 2 to column 3 because they have different dimensions. You can do any of the other operations, but the only one that makes any sort of sense is ...
Multiply row 2 by -1 and add it to row 3
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It makes no sense to multiply a row by zero. That makes the entire row zero and makes the matrix useless for finding any sort of solution.
You can switch columns, but that doesn't get you any closer to a solution here.
If I were trying to find a solution, I might
switch rows 1 and 2
multiply the new row 1 by -3 and add it to the new row 2
multiply the new row 1 by 2 and add it to row 3
This sequence of operations will make the first column [1 0 0], reducing the problem to 2×2 from 3×3.
