Answer:
Length = 6
Width = 5.5
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's use the variable x to represent the width:
x = width
The question says that the length of the rectangle is "5 ft less than double the width". This length can be represented like this:
2x - 5 = length
To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply the width and length, so we are going to write an equation where we multiply the width and length and set it equal to 33 ft^2, which is the area:
(x)(2x - 5) = 33
Now use basic algebra to solve for x:
2x^2 - 5x = 33
2x^2 - 5x - 33 = 0
2x^2 + 6x - 11x - 33 = 0
(2x^2 + 6x) + (-11x - 33) = 0
2x(x + 3) - 11(x + 3) = 0
(2x - 11) (x + 3) = 0
x = 11/2, -3
x either equals 11/2 or -3. However, remember that x represents the width, and you can't have a negative number for a width, so x = 11/2 or 5.5.
Now plug in 5.5 to the length expression and simplify:
2(5.5) - 5
11 - 5 = 6
The length is 6 and the width is 5.5.
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Answer:
400 = (x - 10)²
x² -20x -300 = 0
x = 30 and x = -10
Length side of the garden = 20 feet
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Area of square garden = 400 square feet
Length side of the garden = (x - 10) feet
Find:
Length side of the garden
Computation:
Area of square = side²
Area of square garden = Length side of the garden²
400 = (x - 10)²
400 = x² -20x + 100
x² -20x -300 = 0
x² -30x + 10x -300 = 0
x(x - 30) + 10(x - 30) = 0
(x - 30)(x + 10) = 0
So,
x = 30 and x = -10
Use x = 30 positive number
Length side of the garden = (x - 10) feet
Length side of the garden = (30 - 10) feet
Length side of the garden = 20 feet
Answer:
i would say the answer is 12
Step-by-step explanation:
In pythagoras's theorem, generally a is the shortest side, b is the second shortest and c is the hypotenuse:
. However, there is a problem. The questions aren't actually possible without using sine, cosine, and tangent (which are mathematical ratios if you didn't know). I can help you with this but it will take time explaining.
The slope of a line perpendicular to another line is the opposite reciprocal of the slope of that line. Basically, the slopes of two perpendicular lines multiply to -1. The slope of this line is -1/5. To find the slope of a line perpendicular, we need to find out what number, multiplied by -1/5, would make -1. Or, we can take the opposite reciprocal (it's the same answer). This number is 5, so the slope of a line perpendicular to this line is 5.