Answer:
Shape: Approximately Normal
Center: 20 minutes
Variability: 6.5 minutes.
We can find the length of the ladder by squaring the known digits, adding them, and finding the square root of the sum. This would mean our first equation, after squaring, will look like this:
49+81=130
Now that we have <em>c</em> squared, we can go through and find the approximate square root, which is 11.4. That would mean the ladder is 11.4 meters long.
Answer:
(x, y) = (2, 5)
Step-by-step explanation:
I find it easier to solve equations like this by solving for x' = 1/x and y' = 1/y. The equations then become ...
3x' -y' = 13/10
x' +2y' = 9/10
Adding twice the first equation to the second, we get ...
2(3x' -y') +(x' +2y') = 2(13/10) +(9/10)
7x' = 35/10 . . . . . . simplify
x' = 5/10 = 1/2 . . . . divide by 7
Using the first equation to find y', we have ...
y' = 3x' -13/10 = 3(5/10) -13/10 = 2/10 = 1/5
So, the solution is ...
x = 1/x' = 1/(1/2) = 2
y = 1/y' = 1/(1/5) = 5
(x, y) = (2, 5)
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The attached graph shows the original equations. There are two points of intersection of the curves, one at (0, 0). Of course, both equations are undefined at that point, so each graph will have a "hole" there.