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A 42-inch board is to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is twice as long as the first piece and the third piece

Karo-lina-s [1.5K]

Answer: 7 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

If x is the first piece, and the second piece is twice as long, then the second piece is 2x.

If the third piece is three times as long as the first piece, x, then the third piece is 3x.

The 42-inch board must be equal to all 3 pieces, so we will set up an equation and solve for x.

42 = x + 2x + 3x

42 = 6x

7 = x

The first piece is 7 inches long.

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29. Find CD. 30. Find ZV.

Tems11 [23]

Answer:

for cd it's 12 I believe fs

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3 years ago

Substitute the values for a, b, and c into b2 – 4ac to determine the discriminant. Which quadratic equations will have two real

hoa [83]

Answer: $0=2x^2-7x-9\\0=4x^2-3x-1\\0=x^2-2x-8$

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the standard quadratic equation is ax^2+bx+c=0

Let's compare all the given equation to it and , find discriminant.

1. a=2, b= -7, c=-9

$b^2-4ac=(-7)^2-4(2)(-9)=49+72>0$

So it has 2 real number solutions.

2. a=1, b=-4, c=4

$b^2-4ac=(-4)^2-4(1)(4)=16-16=0$

So it has only 1 real number solution.

3. a=4, b=-3, c=-1

$b^2-4ac=(-3)^2-4(4)(-1)=9+16=25>0$

So it has 2 real number solutions.

4. a=1, b=-2, c=-8

$b^2-4ac=(-2)^2-4(1)(-8)=4+32=36>0$

So it has 2 real number solutions.

5. a=3, b=5, c=3

$b^2-4ac=(5)^2-4(3)(3)=25-36=-9$

Thus it does not has real solutions.

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3 years ago

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Last time, one out of every 4 students in our class was absent. This time, after Jen came back, only one out of every 5 students

VMariaS [17]

Answer: There are 20 students and 4 students are not here today.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the number of students = 4

Let the number of students be 'x'.

Fraction of students absent = $\dfrac{x}{4}$

If the number of students = 5

Fraction of students absent = $\dfrac{x}{5}$

And Jen came back,

So, the fraction of student absent is also written as

$\dfrac{x}{4}-1$

According to question, it becomes,

$\dfrac{x}{5}=\dfrac{x}{4}-1\\\\\dfrac{x}{5}=\dfrac{x-4}{4}\\\\4x=5(x-4)\\\\4x=5x-20\\\\4x-5x=-20\\\\-x=-20\\\\x=20$

Hence, there are 20 students in our school.

And number of students are not here today is $\dfrac{20}{5}=4$

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3 years ago

What is the slope of the line shown in the graph? A 3/2 B) 2/3 C) -3/4 D) -2/3

garik1379 [7]

Answer:

D.

Step-by-step explanation:

y-intercept is (0, 3)

x-intercept is (4.5, 0)

formula to find the slope from two points is

$slope = m = \frac{y2 - y1}{x2 - x1} = \frac{y1 - y2}{x1 - x2} \\$

then the slope of the line that crosses (0, 3) & (4.5, 0) is

$m = \frac{3 - 0}{0 - 4.5} = \frac{3}{ - 4.5} = - \frac{3}{ \frac{9}{2} } = - \frac{2}{3}$

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