Answer: -9 1/3 or -9.3333333
Step-by-step explanation: You would just have to divide those two numbers and then add the negative to your answer.
So square feet is area which is legnth times width or area=lw or a=lw
width=w=2 2/4
2/4=1/2
w=2 1/2=5/2
a=lw
11 11/16=187/16
187/16=l(5/2)
multiply both sides by 2/5 to clear the fraction (1/2 times 2/1=2/2=1)
374/80=legnth
simplify
374/80=187/40=4 27/40=legnth
legnh must be less than 5 and 4 and 27/40 is less than 5 so it will fit
The numbers they are looking for are numbers that are simple but made up. For example, start with 0. Plug 0 in for x, so the corresponding value of y is 10. For a second value, you could do 2. When x=2, y=11, etc. So essentially, put in some simple numbers for x, and solve for y. :)
You solve the substitution method to solve a system of equality by expressing one variable in terms of the other using one equation, and then plugging this expression in the other(s).
In this case, the first equation gives us a way to express n in terms of m. So, we can replace every occurrence of n in the second equation with the given formula.
The result is

So, the second equation turned to be an equality, i.e. an equation where both sides are the same.
This implies that the system has infinitely many solutions, because every couple
such that
is a solution to the system, because it satisfies both equations: the first is trivially satisfied, whereas the second is an identity, and as such is satisfied by any value of the variable.