All angles on a triangle add up to 180. If it's a right triangle it would be set up like this: 90+3x-4=6x-5=180. You would subtract 90 from 180 and get 90 left. 3x-4+6x-5=90. Then you would add 5 and 4 to 90.....3x+6x=99. Then you add 3x and 6x then you would be left with 9x=99. Divide 99 by 9 and you get x=11.
40/3 days, (13.33 days)
Step-by-step explanation:
Set up the equation, 15/20 = 10/x, and then use cross mutiply to solve it.
10 * 20 = 15x, x = 200/15 = 40/3
Why?
b/c if each pig eats the same amount of food, then the ratio between the number of pigs and days should remain constant.
Let x be your first alloy
2/5x+7/10(30-x)=1/2(30)
4x+210-7x=150
3x=60
x=20
So, you need 20 lbs of the first alloy, and 10 parts of the second to make 30 lbs of half iron and half silver alloy!
