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2 years ago

Are all of the vertical slices of a rectangular pyramid the same kind of shape? Explain your reasoning

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If we slice the vertically the rectangular pyramid, we get a triangle with the base equal to the one of the dimensions of the rectangle, most probably the width. The height of the triangle, however, is dependent as to how far from the center is the slice cut off. Thus, the answer is same shape but of different sizes.

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Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 24 ft wide and 33 ft long. She

qaws [65]

<h3>Answer: 16 ft by 25 ft</h3>

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Explanation:

Refer to the diagram below.

The outer dimensions 24 ft and 33 ft shrink down to 24-2x ft and 33-2x ft respectively. This subtraction of 2x is due to subtracting two copies of x per side.

The carpet has area of (24-2x)(33-2x)

Cynthia can afford to buy 400 sq ft of carpet

So we set 400 equal to that previous expression and solve for x

(24-2x)(33-2x) = 400

24(33-2x) - 2x(33-2x) = 400

792-48x - 66x + 4x^2 = 400

4x^2 - 114x + 792 = 400

4x^2 - 114x + 792-400 = 0

4x^2 - 114x + 392 = 0

From here, use the quadratic formula to isolate x.

Plug in a = 4, b = -114, c = 392

$x = \frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}\\\\x = \frac{-(-114)\pm\sqrt{(-114)^2-4(4)(392)}}{2(4)}\\\\x = \frac{114\pm\sqrt{6724}}{8}\\\\x = \frac{114\pm82}{8}\\\\x = \frac{114+82}{8} \ \text{ or } \ x = \frac{114-82}{8}\\\\x = \frac{196}{8} \ \text{ or } \ x = \frac{32}{8}\\\\x = 24.5 \ \text{ or } \ x = 4\\\\$

The two possible solutions are x = 24.5 and x = 4

But if x = 24.5, then 24 - 2x = 24 - 2*24.5 = -25 which isn't possible. We cannot have a negative width or negative length for the carpet.

Luckily x = 4 does work since

24 - 2x = 24 - 2*4 = 16

33 - 2x = 33 - 2*4 = 25

Both results are positive.

Therefore, the carpet has dimensions of 16 ft by 25 ft

Check: 16*25 = 400, so the answer is confirmed

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1 year ago

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2 years ago

The area of the conference table in Mr. Nathan’s office must be no more than 175 ft2. If the length of the table is 18 ft more t

valentina_108 [34]

The answer is 0 < x ≤ 7

First, we know that width = x
Which means that length = x +18

So, the possible equation for the Table's area is

X (X + 18) ≤ 175

X^2 + 18x - 175 ≤ 0

Next, we need to calculate is by using complete square method
x^2 + 18x + 81 ≤ 175 + 81

(x + 9)^2 ≤ 256

|x + 9| ≤ sqrt(256)

|x + 9| ≤ +-16

-16 ≤ x + 9 ≤ 16

-16 - 9 ≤ x ≤ 16 - 9

-25 ≤ x ≤ 7

Since the width couldn't be negative, we can change -25 with 0,

so it become
 0 < x ≤ 7

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2 years ago

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Answer:

5.5 miles over 2 hours--> 5.5/2= 2.75 miles per hour was his average walking speed. 5.5 miles over 2.5 hours --> 5.5/2.5= 2.2 miles per hour on the return trip meaning that his average speed was (2.75-2.2= 0.55) 0.55 miles per hour lower on the return trip

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