5 days ago, hope this still helps though!

Alright 21 miles per hour. We know that there are 60 minutes in an hour. So this is basically saying 21 miles per 60 minutes. To find the rate for miles per minute, you divide 21 by 60 which is 0.35.

In one minute the cyclist rides 0.35 miles
In two minutes the cyclist rides 0.7 miles

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2 years ago

Solve 4 over x minus 4 equals the quantity of x over x minus 4, minus four thirds for x and determine if the solution is extrane

Vinil7 [7]

I'm thinking this is what the problem looks like: $\frac{4}{x-4}= \frac{x}{x-4}- \frac{4}{3}$ . The first thing to do is to move the $\frac{x}{x-4}$ over to the other side because it has a common denominator with the other side. Doing that and at the same time combining them over their common denominator looks like this: $\frac{4-x}{x-4}= -\frac{4}{3}$ . The best way to solve for x now is to cross-multiply to get 3(4-x)=-4(x-4). Distributing through the parenthesis is 12 - 3x = -4x + 16. Solving for x gives us x = 4. Of course when we sub a 4 back in for x we get real problems, don't we? Dividing by zero breaks every rule in math that there ever was! So, yes, the solution is extraneous.

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2 years ago