If the perimeter of a square is 20, find the length of a diagonal
1 answer:
Answer:
7.07
Step-by-step explanation:
<h2><u>Length</u></h2>a square has equal length on each side
hence is the perimeter is 20 it means that :
each side is 20/4 = 5
we can make a diagonal line which create 3 right angled triangles
2 sides of the triangle are 5 , this is the base and the height
to find the length we can make use of the Pythagoras theorem
c^2 = a^2 + b^2
c is the hypotenuse ( the diagonal;)
a and b are the opposite and adjacent
hence :
c^2 = 5 ^2 + 5^2
c^2 = 50
c =
c = 7.071
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<h3><u>diagonal length = 7.07</u></h3>You might be interested in
Answer:
- adult: $11
- children: $7
Step-by-step explanation:
The sales on the two days can be expressed using equations that can be solved for ticket prices.
<h3>Setup</h3>Let x and y represent the prices of adult and children's tickets, respectively. Then the sales revenue for the two days can be expressed in the equations ...
- 5x +7y = 104
- 7x +3y = 98
One of the easiest solution methods is to use a graphing calculator. The first attachment shows the prices are $11 for an adult ticket; $7 for children tickets.
Using the matrix functions of a calculator, the augmented matrix of the equation coefficients can be reduced to row-echelon form. This, too, shows the solution to be (adult price, children price) = ($11, $7). See the second attachment. (The solution is the right-most column of the reduced matrix.)
Yet another solution method can use the coefficients from the equations written in general form:
- 5x +7y -104 = 0
- 7x +3y -98 = 0
In this form, we define three products of "cross multiplication":
Δ1 = (5)(3) -(7)(7) = -34
Δ2 = (7)(-98) -(3)(-104) = -374
Δ3 = (-104)(7) -(-98)(5) = -238
Using those, we find the variable values to be ...
x = Δ2/Δ1 = -374/-34 = 11
y = Δ3/Δ1 = -238/-34 = 7
(adult price, children price) = ($11, $7)
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