Answer:
x = 77, x = -77
Step-by-step explanation:
|x| – 17 = 60
Add 17 to each side
|x| – 17+17 = 60+17
|x| = 77
The absolute value equation has two solutions, one positive and one negative
x = 77, x = -77
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Change 2/5 to a decimal
2/5 = 0.4
Change 1 2/15 of a fluid ounce to a decimal.
1.133333
Set up your proportion.
0.4 / 1.133333 = x / 5 Cross multiply
0.4*5 = 1.133333*x
2 = 1.133333 x Divide by 1.1333333
2/1.33333 = x
x = 1.5 ounces.
He needs 1.5 ounces of red to make 5 ounces of purple.
3/2 because the proper solution is rise over run, in this case it rises 3 & runs to the right 2
