It's 54 that's the answer
Answer:
(a) -20 1/2
Step-by-step explanation:
The proportion can be solved using "cross multiply" as the first step. This eliminates the fractions and turns it into a linear equation.
2/7 = -5/(x +3) . . . . . given
2(x +3) = -35 . . . . . . multiply by 7(x +3)
2x = -41 . . . . . . . . . simplify, subtract 6
x = -20 1/2 . . . . . . divide by 2
Ms. Ford's kitchen is in the shape of a rectangle with a width of 12.25 feet. She is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. She wants to buy 5 extra feet of the border to be sure she has enough. She buys 62.5 feet of the border. What is the length of ms. Ford's kitchen?
is that what u meant???
if sooo
The length of Ms. Ford's kitchen is 57.5 feet.
HOW-
The kitchen is a rectangle and she wants to buy 5 feet of wallpaper. And she buys 62.5 feet of wallpaper border. Just subtract 62.5 and 5 and you get 57.5 feet.
The answer would be
9
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