The idea being, when you run a perpendicular line to the base, from the right-angle in a right-triangle, like in this case, what you end up with is, three similar triangles, a Large triangle containing the two smaller ones, a Medium triangle and a Small one, check the picture below.
since all three are similar, we can use the proportions on the corresponding sides, as you see in the picture, the base of the triangle then will just be x + y.
This line crosses the point (4,5)so we can make an equation to find the slope:
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These questions have asked us to solve by completing the square.
How do we? I have attached a picture, which will explain
6. x² + 2x = 8
→ b is the coefficient of x, which is 2
→ We take half of 2 and square it. Then, we add it to either side
x² + 2x
x² + 2x + 1 = 8 + 1
( x + 1 )( x + 1 ) = 9
( x + 1 )² = 9
x + 1 = + 3 or x + 1 = - 3 x = 2 or x = - 47. x² - 6x = 16
→ We do the same thing we did in the previous question
x² - 6x +
x² - 6x + 9 = 16 + 9
(x - 3)² = 25
x - 3 = + 5 or x - 3 = - 5 x = 8 or x = - 28. x² - 18x = 19
x² - 18x +
x² - 18x + 81 = 19 + 81
( x - 9 )( x - 9 ) = 100
( x - 9 )² = 100
x - 9 = + 10 or x - 9 = -10
x = 19 or x = - 1
9. x² + 3x = 3
x² + 3x +
x + 
= + 
or x +
x = 
or x = 
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Answer:
900 people preferred hamburgers.
Step-by-step explanation:
540/x=60/100
cross multiply
60x=54,000 then
60x/60=54,000/60
x=900
so 900 people preferred hamburger
