Jeremy is building a large deck for a community center. The deck is shaped as a rectangle. The width of the deck is 29 feet. The
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Answer:
Let the number of balcony seats be b
Let the number of gallery tickets be g
Let the number of main floor tickets be m
b + g + m = 1020
b = 2g
m = b + 225
The number of balcony tickets = 318
The number of gallery tickets = 159
The number of main floor tickets = 543
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the number of balcony seats be b
Let the number of gallery tickets be g
Let the number of main floor tickets be m
i) Therefore we can write b + g + m = 1020
ii) there were twice as many balcony tickets sold as gallery tickets
therefore b = 2g g = 0.5b
iii) there were 225 more main floor tickets than balcony tickets
therefore m = b + 225
iv) using equation ii) and equation iii) in equation i) we can write
b + g + m = b + 0.5b + b + 225 = 1020 2.5b = 795
b = 318
v) g = 0.5 b = 0.5 318 = 159
vi) m = b + 225 = 318 + 225 = 543
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Answer:
(a) -(x+7)/y
(b) (x+7)/-y
Step-by-step explanation:
There are several ways you can show expressions are equivalent. Perhaps the easiest and best is to put them in the same form. For an expression such as this, I prefer the form of answer (a), where the minus sign is factored out and the numerator and denominator have positive coefficients.
The given expression with -1 factored out is ...
Likewise, the expression of (b) with the minus sign factored out is ...
On the other hand, simplifying expression (c) gives something different.
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Another way you can write the expression is term-by-term with the terms in alpha-numeric sequence (so they're more easily compared).
Given: (-x-7)/y = (-x/y) +(-7/y)
(a) -(x+7)/y = (-x/y) +(-7/y)
(b) (x+7)/(-y) = (-x/y) +(-7/y)
(c) (-x-7)/(-y) = (x/y) +(7/y) . . . . not the same.
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Of course, you need to know the use of the distributive property and the rules of signs.
a(b+c) = ab +ac
-a/b = a/(-b) = -(a/b)
-a/(-b) = a/b
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<u>Summary</u>: The given expression matches (a) and (b).
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<em>Additional comments</em>
Sometimes, when I'm really stuck trying to see if two expressions are equal, I subtract one from the other. If the difference is zero, then I know they are the same. Looking at (b), we could compute ...
Yet another way to check is to substitute numbers for the variables. It is a good idea to use (at least) one more set of numbers than there are variables, just to make sure you didn't accidentally find a solution where the expressions happen to be equal. We can use (x, y) = (1, 2), (2, 3), and (3, 5) for example.
The given expression evaluates to (-1-7)/2 = -4, (-2-7)/3 = -3, and (-3-7)/5 = -2.
(a) evaluates to -(1+7)/2 = -4, -(2+7)/3 = -3, -(3+7)/5 = -2, same as given
(b) evaluates to (1+7)/-2 = -4, (2+7)/-3 = -3, (3+7)/-5 = -2, same as given
(c) evaluates to (-1-7)/-2 = 4, different from given