Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's call hens h and ducks d. The first algebraic equation says that 6 hens (6h) plus (+) 1 duck (1d) cost (=) 40.
The second algebraic equations says that 4 hens (4h) plus (+) 3 ducks (3d) cost (=) 36.
The system is
6h + 1d = 40
4h + 3d = 36
The best way to go about this is to solve it by substitution since we have a 1d in the first equation. We will solve that equation for d since that makes the most sense algebraically. Doing that,
1d = 40 - 6h.
Now that we know what d equals, we can sub it into the second equation where we see a d. In order,
4h + 3d = 36 becomes
4h + 3(40 - 6h) = 36 and then simplify. By substituting into the second equation we eliminated one of the variables. You can only have 1 unknown in a single equation, and now we do!
4h + 120 - 18h = 36 and
-14h = -84 so
h = 6.
That means that each hen costs $6. Since the cost of a duck is found in the bold print equation above, we will sub in a 6 for h to solve for d:
1d = 40 - 6(6) and
d = 40 - 36 so
d = 4.
That means that each duck costs $4.
<span>The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) requires employers to withhold a certain percentage of an employee's income as tax. The categories are:
6.2% as social security tax
1.45% as Medicare tax
0.9% as Medicare surtax for employees earning more than $200,000
In this case, the percentage of tax applied will be 6.2 + 1.45 = 7.65%
The FICA tax will be 165,000 * 0.0765
FICA tax = $12,622.50</span>
70 / 35 = 2
So the 70 pound dog weights double the weight of the 35 pound dog, so he will eat twice as much.
2 x 2.5 = 5 cups
Meaning he will eat 5 cups of dry dog food a day.
By the same logic a 140 pound dog would have to eat twice what a 70 pound dog eats, that is 10 cups of dry dog food a day, so 7 1/2 cups are not enough.
Challenge: per pound a dog eats more than a cat. Since you know a 140 pound dog eats 10 cups, you can dive 140 by 10, to find out that each cup feeds 14 pounds, so half a cup would be the amount of food to feed a 7 pound dog, meaning that a dog weighing 1 pound less than a 8 pound cat would need the same amount of food, so it eats more than a cat.
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
The number of matinee movies attended is 4.
The number of a evening show movies attended is 2.
<u>Step-by-step explanation:</u>
- Let x represent the number of matinee movies attended.
- Let y represent the number of evening show movies attended.
- Alejandro went to see a total of 6 movies.
Therefore, from the given data the equation can be framed as :
⇒ x + y = 6 ----------(1)
- The cost of a matinee is $7.
- The cost of an evening show is $12.
- Alejandro spent a total of $52.
Therefore, from the given data the equation can be framed as :
⇒ 7x + `12y = 52 ---------(2)
<u>To solve the equations for x and y values :</u>
Mulitply eq (1) and by 7 and subtract eq (2) from eq (1),
7x + 7y = 42
- <u>(7x + 12y = 52)</u>
<u> - 5y = - 10 </u>
⇒ y = 10/5
⇒ y = 2
The number of a evening show movies attended is 2.
Substitute y=2 in eq (1),
⇒ x+2 = 6
⇒ x = 6-2
⇒ x = 4
The number of matinee movies attended is 4.
