Alexia figures out tge answer to 6×9 by lowering the thumb on her right hand. Explain Alexia's strategy.

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I've used this strategy. Since the thumb on her right hand is the 6th finger from the left, then it mean she is multiplying 9 by 6. With her thumb down, there are 5 fingers on the left, and 4 fingers on the right. Put those together and it is 54. 6 * 9 = 54

chubhunter [2.5K]3 years ago

4 0

She put up 5 fingers on one hand and one finger on the other. On the second hand she counted how many fingers were left. There were 4. On the left hand there were 5 fingers. the five on the left and 4 on the right represent the answer of 54.

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A) Answer: A. 22.5 cm, 30 cm, and 37.5 cm

Setting the unity measurement as x, the three sides will be 3·x, 4·x, and 5·x. The sum of the three sides will be (3 + 4 + 5)·x = 12·x; this corresponds to the perimeter, therefore:

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B) Answer: C. never true

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6 + 8x - 9 = 11x + 14 - 3x

Bring all the terms with x on the left, by subtracting from both sides 11x and -3x, and all the numbers on the right by subtrcting from both sides 6 and -9:

6 + 8x - 9 - 11x - (-3x) - 6 - (-9) = 11x + 14 - 3x - 11x - (-3x) - 6 - (-9)

Cancel out the opposite terms from each side:

8x - 11x + 3x = 14 - 6 + 9

Combine likely terms:

0x = 17

Now you should ask yourself: what number multiplied by zero gives 17 as a result? The answer is none because a number multiplied by zero always equals zero.

Hence, the statement is never true.

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