Answer:
The two numbers are 40, and 27.
Explanation:
Since there are only two numbers, with two different aspects, you can just make
a system, and solve.
A sum of two numbers adding up to 67 can be modeled by: x + y = 67.
A difference of those same two numbers being 13 can be modeled by: x – y = 13.
You can add the two equations together to eliminate the y value because the -y and y will cancel out:
x + y = 67.
+ x – y = 13.
And you get: 2x = 80.
Now to find x, just divide by 2 on both sides to cancel out the coefficient of 2 in 2x:
2x = 80
÷2 ÷2
x = 40.
So the first number is 40.
Since we know the first number, we can immediately find the other number by substituting it into the first equation.
x = 40 → x + y = 67
(40) + y = 67
-40. -40
Subtract from both sides to cancel the constant terms.
Then you will get that y or the second number is y = 27.
This is true because 40 + 27 = 67, and 40 - 27 = 13.
A- b = 47
a :b = 3 r 7
a = 47 + b
(47 + b) : b = 3 r 7
(47 + b) + 7= b x 3
47 + 7 = 3b - b
54 = 2b
b = 54 : 2
b = 27
a = 47 + b
a = 47 + 27
a = 74
Answer:
12 feet
Step-by-step explanation:
Draw a diagram (see picture below). The tree and its shadow is one triangle, the man and its shadow is another triangle. We assume both are right triangles because people and trees stand vertical.
Create a proportion to solve. Put the missing value in a numerator.
Tree height / Tree shadow = Man height / Man shadow
Solve using cross multiplication. Multiply x by 4. Multiply 6 by 8.
4x = 48 Divide both sides by 4 to isolate x.
x = 12 Height of tree
The tree is 12 feet tall.