The answer is x equals 24
you set up a proportion new over old
so for red cars 40 over 5
since we don’t know the new for blue cars we’ll use x
so x over 3
we then make them equal to each other
40 x
—- = —-
5 3
cross multiply, then we get
120=5x
isolate the x by dividing 5 from both sides to get 24
Answer:
9.625 gallons will be used by the painters in 3.5 hours
Step-by-step explanation:
2.75 gallons = 1 hr
X gallons = 3.5 hrs
X = (3.5 × 2.75)/1
X = 9.625 gallons
9.625 gallons will be used by the painters in 3.5 hours
Answer:
x=5
Step-by-step explanation:
the square root of 25 is 5 and 5*5=25 so the answer is 5
