Equal them to each other and you get that x=7
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Calling it blocks is a little weird. but a good way to do it is to move left or right until you are over or below where you want to go then move up or down accordingly. Each move, left, right up or down will count as one block.
So from the fire station you go 1 to the right and then 6 down, for a total of 7. then from the library it's 3 right then 4 up, which is 7 again. 7 to the first stop then 7 to the second makes 14 total.
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Step-by-step explanation:
let's look at the full numbers under the square roots when bringing the external factors back in :
sqrt(9×9×2) - sqrt(3×3×7) + sqrt(8) - sqrt(28)
and let's present these numbers as the product of their basic prime factors
sqrt(3×3×3×3×2) - sqrt(3×3×7) + sqrt(2×2×2) - sqrt(2×2×7)
now we see that we have 2 pairs of square roots : 1 pair ends with a factor of 2, and one pair with a factor of 7.
let's combine these
sqrt (3×3×3×3×2) + sqrt(2×2×2) - sqrt(3×3×7) - sqrt (2×2×7)
and now we move the factors of 2 and 7 back out in front (of course, we need to apply the square root on these factors) :
9×sqrt(2) + 2×sqrt(2) - 3×sqrt(7) - 2×sqrt(7) =
= (9+2)×sqrt(2) - (3+2)×sqrt(7) = 11×sqrt(2) - 5×sqrt(7)
and that is the first answer option.