There's a really easy way to convert any units to other units.
Right now, we have the fraction (4 miles) / (2 hours).
We want to find a fraction that's exactly equal to that one,
but has the units of (miles/minute) or maybe (feet/minute).
Just take the original fraction, and multiply it by some other
fractions.
Each fraction you multiply it by must have the value of ' 1 ' so
you don't change the value of the original fraction. But it can
have different units, that cancel with other units to eventually
give you the units you want.
(4 miles / 2 hours) times (1 hour / 60 minutes)
The second fraction is equal to ' 1 ', because the top and the bottom
have the same value ... 1 hour is the same thing as 60 minutes.
Multiply the fractions: (4 miles x 1 hour) / (2 hour x 60 minutes)
Now you can cancel 'hour' from the top and the bottom, and you have
(4 miles x 1) / (2 x 60 minutes)
= (4 miles) / (120 minutes)
= (4 / 120) mile/minute = 0.0333... mile / minute .
Let's do it again, go a little farther, and get an answer that
might mean more and feel more like an answer.
(4 miles) / (2 hours) x (5280 feet / mile) x (1 hour / 60 minutes)
The 2nd and 3rd fractions both have the value of ' 1 ', because
the top is equal to the bottom.
Multiply all three fractions:
(4 miles x 5280 feet x 1 hour) / (2 hours x 1 mile x 60 minutes)
You can cancel both 'mile' and 'hour' out of the top and bottom,
and look what you have left:
(4 x 5280 feet x 1) / (2 x 1 x 60 minutes)
= (4 x 5280) / (2 x 60) feet / minutes
= (21,120 / 120) feet/minute = 176 feet per minute
The answer
2
Explanation
The median is the middle number and if you take off one side from the left and one side from the right until you have your middle number
Start by solving one equation for x or y, this time I'm choosing x. 2x = 4 - 2y, then x = 2 - y. Now substitute in x in the other equation. 4(2-y) - 3y = 15. This simplifies to 8 - 4y - 3y = 15. This simplifies to -7y = 7. Divide both sides by -7, and y = -1. Now plug the y value into the other equation: 2x + 2(-1) = 4. This simplifies to 2x = 6, and x = 3.
X = 3, Y = -1 or (3,-1)
Factor trees help you find the prime factorization of a number by breaking down the number by what two numbers equal the number you are trying to find the prime factorization of.
,make y the subject
2y=b-4x
divide all sides by 2
y=b\2-4x\2
