Find the sum 2 2/3 + 1 3/5=
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Answer:
48 kg
Step-by-step explanation:
The given relations can be used to write a system of equations for the two weights. Those can be solved to find Jane's weight.
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<h3>setup</h3>Let x and y represent Jane's and Jessica's original weight, respectively. The ratio of weights was ...
x/y = 8/9
After the changes in weight, they were equal:
x+2 = y-4
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<h3>solution</h3>Adding 4 to the second equation, we have an expression for y that can be substituted into the first equation.
y = x +6 . . . . . . . . . . solve the second equation for y
x/(x+6) = 8/9 . . . . . . substitute for y in the first equation
9x = 8(x +6) . . . . . . . multiply by 9(x+6)
x = 48 . . . . . . . . . . . simplify and subtract 8x
Jane weighed 48 kg at first.
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<em>Alternate solution</em>
The original difference in "ratio units" was 9-8 = 1 ratio unit. We find that this corresponds to 6 kg after the weight changes make the weights equal. Then 8 ratio units will be 8(6 kg) = 48 kg—Jane's original weight.
(This mental solution is virtually the same as the solution using equations shown above.)
Answer:
- <em> 15</em>
- <em> 42,250</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
The given function is,
where,
P = the total production of apples,
x = the number of trees added.
As the quadratic function has a negative leading coefficient, so it will open downward and at the vertex the value of function is maximum.
The vertex will be at
The value of the function will be maximum at,
Putting the values,
So at x=15 or for 15 number of trees the production will be ,maximum.
Putting x=15 in f(x) will yield the maximum production of apples.
