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Riverside Elementary School is holding a school-wide election to choose a school color. 5/8 of the voters were for blue 5/9 of t

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Answer:

There were 180 voters for blue color.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of voters be 'x'.

Given:

Number of Voters for blue color = $\frac{5}{8}x$

Number of Voters for green color = $\frac{5}{9}(x-\frac58x)=\frac59x(1-\frac58)$

Now we will use LCM to make the denominator common we get;

Number of Voters for green color = $\frac59x(\frac88-\frac58)=\frac59x(\frac{8-5}{9})=\frac59x(\frac38)=\frac{15x}{72}$

Number of Voters for red color = 48

We need to find the number of voters for blue color.

Solution:

Now we can say that;

total number of voters is equal to sum of Number of Voters for blue color, Number of Voters for green color and Number of Voters for red color.

framing in equation form we get;

$x=\frac58x+\frac{15x}{72}+48$

Combining like terms we get;

$x-\frac58x-\frac{15x}{72} = 48$

Now we will make denominators common using LCM we get;

$\frac{72x}{72}-\frac{5x\times9}{8\times9}-\frac{15x\times1}{72\times 1} = 48\\\\\frac{72x}{72}-\frac{45x}{72}-\frac{15x}{72} = 48$

Now denominators are common so we will solve the numerators we get;

$\frac{72x-45x-15x}{72}=48\\\\\frac{12x}{72}=48\\\\\frac{x}{6}=48$

Now multiplying both side by 6 we get;

$\frac{1}{6}x\times6=48\times6\\\\x = 288$

Number of voters for blue color = $\frac{5}{8}x=\frac{5}{8}\times 288= 180$

Hence There were 180 voters for blue color.

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The 175th anniversary of the completion of the Erie Canal was in the year 2000. If it took 8 years to dig the canal, in what yea

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Answer:

1817

Step-by-step explanation:

2000 - 175 = 1825 and 8 years of digging 1817

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How to isolate a variable

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Answer:

The basic technique to isolate a variable is to “do something to both sides” of the equation, such as add, subtract, multiply, or divide both sides of the equation by the same number. By repeating this process, we can get the variable isolated on one side of the equation.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Last year at Sarah's bakery she sold 38 birthday cakes for $57 per cake . She spent 1/2 of that money on ingredients for baking

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Sarah spent $1,083 because $57*38=$2,166 and $2,166/2=$1083

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Given a rectangle with length of (2x+9)cm and width of (3x+1)cm.Two squares, each with sides x cm is removed from the rectangle.

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Answer: The length is 13cm and the width is 7cm

Step-by-step explanation:

For a rectangle of length L and width W, the area is:

A = W*L

In this case we have:

L = (2*x + 9) cm

W=(3*x + 1) cm

Then the area of the rectangle is:

A = (2*x + 9)*(3*x + 1) cm^2

A = (6*x^2 + 2*x + 27*x + 9) cm^2

A = (6*x^2 + 29*x + 9) cm^2

now we remove two squares with sides of x cm

The area of each one of these squares is (x cm)*(x cm) = x^2 cm^2

Then the area of the figure will be:

area = (6*x^2 + 29*x + 9) cm^2 - (2*x^2 ) cm^2

area = (4*x^2 + 29*x + 9) cm^2

Now we know that the area of this shape is 83 cm^2, then we need to solve:

83 cm^2 = (4*x^2 + 29*x + 9) cm^2

0 = (4*x^2 + 29*x + 9) cm^2 - 83 cm^2

0 = (4*x^2 + 29*x - 74) cm^2

Then we need to solve:

0 = 4*x^2 + 29*x - 74

Here we can use Bhaskara's equation, the solutions of this equation are given by:

$x = \frac{-29 \pm \sqrt{29^2 - 4*4*(-74)} }{2*4} = \frac{-29 \pm 45}{8}$

Then the two solutions are:

x = (-29 - 45)/8 = -9.25 (for how the length and width are defined, we can not have x as a negative number, then this solution can be discarded).

The other solution is:

x = (-29 + 45)/8 = 2

x = 2

Then the length and width of the rectangle are:

Length = (2*2 + 9)cm = 13 cm

Width = (3*2 + 1)cm = 7cm

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