Place the right angle at the origin. Short leg on x-axis.
The forth corner of the square is the point on the hypotenuse where the line y = x intersects. (Draw a diagram!)
In this case the hypotenuse is y = -4x/3 + 8
x = -4x/3 + 8
7x/3 = 8
7x = 24
x = 3.428571429
Answer:
3 dogs and 2 cats.
Step-by-step explanation:
In this case we can solve it using a 2x2 system of equations, like this:
let x: number of cats
let y: number of dogs
So:
42.5 * x + 64 * y = 277
35.5 * x + 50.5 * y = 222.5 => x = (222.5 - 50.5 * y) /35.5
Replacing, we are left with that:
42.5 * (222.5 - 50.5 * y) /35.5 + 64 * y = 277
266.37- 60.45 * y + 64 * y = 277
64 * y - 60.45 * y = 277 - 266.37
3.55 * y = 10.63
y = 10.63 / 3.55
y = 2.99, about 3
Now to calculate x:
x = (222.5 - 50.5 * 3) /35.5
x = 2
Which means that it has a total of 3 dogs and 2 cats.
.5 -(-7) would be just 7 because of the imaginary -1 it’s being multiplied 7+1+3-7=11 then divide