What a delightful little problem ! (Partly because I could see
right away how to do it, and had the answer in a few minutes,
after a lot of impressive-looking algebra on my scratch-paper.)
Three consecutive integers are . . . x, x+1, and x+2
The smallest two are . . . x and x+1
Their product is . . . . . x(x+1)
5 times the largest one is . . . 5(x+2)
5 less than that is . . . . . . 5(x+2)-5
Now, the conditions of the problem say that <u>x (x + 1) = 5 (x+2) - 5</u>
THAT's the equation we have to solve, to find 'x' .
Eliminate parentheses: x² + x = 5x + 10 - 5
Combine like terms: x² + x = 5x + 5
Subtract 5x from each side: x² - 4x = 5
Subtract 5 from each side: <u>x² - 4x - 5 = 0</u>
You could solve that by factoring it, or use the quadratic equation.
Factored, it says that (x + 1) (x - 5) = 0
From which <em>x = -1</em>
and <em>x = +5</em>
We only want the positive results, so our three consecutive integers are
5, 6, and 7 .
To answer the question, the smallest one is <em><u>5 </u></em>.
<u>Check</u>:
5 x 6 ? = ? (7 x 5) - 5
30 ? = ? (35) - 5
30 = 30
yay !
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Rewrite this expression as (27^(1/3) )². this is equivalent to:
( ∛27 )² or (∛27)(∛27).
If you wish to evaluate this expression, it is ( 3 )( 3 ) = 9.
68 miles / hour
Average speed = distance / time
distance = 170 and time = 5/2 ( as an improper fraction)
speed = 170 ÷
= 170 ×
=
= 68
Answer:
For blue its 3/12 = 1/4 = 25%
For red it's 6/12= 1/2= 50%
For green 2/12= 1/6= 17%
For black 1/12= 8%
Step-by-step explanation:
All you have to do is add up all the marbles 3 + 6 + 2 + 1 = 12 and then you put the number of marbles for each color and divide it by 12 which gives you those percentages. I don't know if you wanted the answers in percentages or fractions so I gave you both . Good luck!!
Answer:
Denote B(x, y), we have:
-10 + x = 2 x (-16) => x = -22
8 + y = 2 x 6 => y = 4
=> B(-22, 4)
Hope this helps!
:)