B.
You have to find how much blueberry muffins you could make with one pound of flour.
If you take a moment and solve each equation (find the value
of the letter in each one), it'll jump out at you.
Here, let me do it for you. Why should you tire yourself.
5x = 20 . . . . . x = 4
4b = 7 . . . . . . b = 7/4
8w = 32 . . . . . w = 4
12y = 48 . . . . . y = 4
The second equation is not like the others.
It's the only one where the letter is not equal to 4 .
m + g + 30 = t
If m = 40 and t = 95,
g = t - m - 30 = 95 - 40 - 30 = 25.
In a 30 - 60 - 90 triangle the side opposite the hypotenuse is 1/2 the hypotenuse and which will be the shorter side. Read this over a couple of times till you realize that (x + 12)/2 is the shortest side.
[(x + 12) / 2]^2 + x^2 = (x + 12)^2 subtract [(x + 12)/2]^2 from both sides.
x^2 = (x +12)^2 - [ (x +12)/2]^2
x^2 = (x + 12)^2 [ 1 - (1/2)^2] You were given this as a question in school? It seems awfully hard.
x^2 = (x + 12)^2 [3/4]
4x^2 = 3*(x^2 + 24x + 144)
4x^2 = 3x^2 + 72x + 432
x^2 - 72x - 432 = 0 This is a quadratic, do you know what they are?
The solution to this comes to x = 77.56
I don't think I made a mistake, but it is sure possible.Check the numbers and my method.
