<span>The book has sold 442,696 copies to date.
This was calculated by making a proportion: 8.9 : 39,400 = 100 : X where X Is the number of copies sold.
Then I calculated 39,400*100/8.9 to obtain the answer</span>
Answer:
21.25
Step-by-step explanation:
use the Pythagorean theorem, it is given that the shape is a rectangle so all opposite sides are congruent and all angles are right, since we know that the diagonal forms a right triangle we can use the pythagorean theorem
the Pythagorean theorm is a^2+b^2=c^2 where a and b are the legs (in this case the side of the triangle) and c is the hypotenuse which is the longest side in a right triangle
17^2+12.75^2=x^2
x^2=7225/16
now take the square root of both sides and you get -21.25 and 21.25
distance CAN NOT be negative so -21.25 isn't an option
Take the second equation and flip it around so the y on the left ends up on the right and the 4x on the right ends up on the left. This makes all negatives positive and all positives negative. -4x + 12 = y
Then add the first equation to the second equation
4x +12 = -7y
<u>-4x + 12 </u>=<u> y </u> this eliminates the x's
<u>24</u> = -<u> 6y</u> then divide by - 6
- 6 - 6
- 4 = y<u>
</u>So if you know that y = negative 4, you can substitute into either equation. I pick the second one because I am a lazy person.
-y + 12 = 4 x
-(-4) + 12 = 4 x combine your numbers<u>
</u> <u> 16 </u> = <u>4 x </u> then divide by 4<u>
</u> 4 = x
So your solution is: x = 4 and y = -4 or this is also written (4, -4)
Does that work for you?
0<4x + 8<12 BADDA-BING-BADDA-BOOM!!! :-)
Because there are four people on the committee, and four positions, you would do 4 times 4 which gets you an answer of 16. hope this helps!!
