Answer:
Both of these equations are in slope-intercept form. The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is: y=mx+b
Where m is the y-intercept value.
y=-2x+5
y=-2x+20
The slope of the two equations are: m1=−2 and m2=−2
Step-by-step explanation:
Because the have the same slope it means the lines represented by these two equations are either parallel or are the same line.
The y-intercepts for the two lines are:b1 = 5 and b1=20
2/7x - 2/5x = 8
multiply both sides by 35
= 10x - 14x = 280
combine 10x and 14x
= -4x = 280
divide both sides by -4
x= -70
If x represents the length of the box, then 42-x will be the girth. Since the largest area for a given girth is that of a square, the side length of the square cross section is (42 -x)/4.
The volume as a function of package length is then
.. v(x) = x((42-x)/4)^2
This has a maximum at x=14. The corresponding volume is 686 in^3.