Answer:
See below.
Step-by-step explanation:
A year has 12 months and 365 days.
3 months: 3/12 year = 1/4 year
55 days: 55/365 year = 11/73 year
1 month: 1/12 year
7 months = 7/12 year
120 days = 120/365 year = 24/73 year
48 feet
Divide 858 by 18 to get 47.6 > simplify > 48 feet
Answer:
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
I'm sure he was making a joke at the expense of people who rely on mathematics rather than common sense. It is funny, but then Twain was a remarkably funny author..
The problem is that the comparison is apt using some sort of proportion, but it is absurd to think that the land holding the river would also shrink a proportional amount.
The river reached a minimum (presumably) in 1875 by cutting out all the loops that were there in 1700. The Mississippi was then a straight line from it's beginning to its delta on the gulf of Mexico. It could not get any shorter. Still, Twain managed to get laughs with his whimsical humor.
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Answer:
y=2x+(-12)
Explanation:
sovle in y intercept form: y=mx+b
substitute m for 2
y-2x+b
find what b is
b= (-12)
y=2x+(-12)
