Regular pay:
45x40x17=30,600
Overtime:
45x6x17x1.5=2142
Total payroll= 30,600+2142=32,742
Total overtime/total payroll * 100 =
2142/32,742 *100 = 6.5%
Looking at the first system of equations,
16x - 10y = 10
-8x - 6y = 6
If we multiply both sides of the second equation by 2, the coefficient of x is exactly the negative of the coefficient of x in the first equation.
-8x - 6y = 6
⇒ 2 (-8x - 6y) = 2 (6)
⇒ -16x - 12y = 12
By combining this new equation with the first one, we can eliminate x and solve for y :
(16x - 10y) + (-16x - 12y) = 10 + 12
⇒ -22y = 22
⇒ y = -1
Then we just solve for x by replacing y in either equation.
16x - 10y = 10
⇒ 16x - 10 (-1) = 10
⇒ 16x + 10 = 10
⇒ 16x = 0
⇒ x = 0
The main idea behind elimination is combining the given equations in just the right amount so that one of the variables disappears. The "right amount" involves using the LCM of the coefficients of a given variable. In this example, the x-coefficients had LCM(8, 16) = 16, so we only had to scale one of the equations (the one with -8x) to cancel all the x terms.
If we wanted to eliminate y first instead, we first note that LCM(6, 10) = 30. To get 30 as a coefficient on y, in the first equation we would have multiplied by 3:
16x - 10y = 10
⇒ 3 (16x - 10y) = 3 (10)
⇒ 48x - 30y = 30
And in the second equation, we would have multiplied by -5 (negative so that upon combining the equations, we end up with -30y + 30y = 0):
-8x - 6y = 6
⇒ -5 (-8x - 6y) = -5 (6)
⇒ 40x + 30y = -30
Now combining the two scaled equations gives
(48x - 30y) + (40x + 30y) = 30 + (-30)
⇒ 88x = 0
⇒ x = 0
We then solve for y :
16x - 10y = 10
⇒ -10y = 10
⇒ y = -1
so we end up with the same solution as before.
Answer:
-4 is a real number, but not a whole number.
All non zero numbers are real.
All numbers without a decimal, fraction, or negative are whole numbers.
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer: x = 6
Step-by-step explanation:
3x - 6.59 = 11.41
Add 6.59 to both sides
3x = 18
Divide both sides by 3
x = 6
Hope that helped!
Answer:
Maggie is 13
Step-by-step explanation:
Honestly, I just kept trying ages starting from 10 because I knew it wasn't going to be less than that. Then I did whatever age, in this case 13, and multiply it by 4. Then minus 11 from that number. Then take that end number and add it to the beginning number(maggies age) and you should get 54.
Math Equation Explanation:
13*4 = 52 (Maggies Age) x 4
52-11= 41 The question stated that Maggie's brother was 11 -------------------------------------years younger than her age times 4.
41 + 13 =54 The sum of both their ages.
