Answer:
y = 5
Step-by-step explanation:
cross-multiply:
6y = 30
y = 5
525 centimeters is greater than 5 meters. 525 cm = 5.25 m
Thus, 525 cm is greater than 5 meters.
You can factor out 2x
2x(x -3)
Answer:
4 feet
Step-by-step explanation:
Since the whispering gallery is 15 feet high and 60 feet wide, it forms an ellipse with major axis along the width of the gallery and minor axis along the height of the gallery.
Using the equation of an ellipse with major axis along the x-axis, we have
x²/a² + y²/b² = 1 where a = midpoint of the width = 60/2 = 30 feet and b = 15 feet.
c² = a² - b² where c = focus of the ellipse.
So, c² = a² - b²
= 30² - 15²
= 900 - 225
= 675
c = ±√675 = ±25.98 feet
So, the coordinate of the focus is thus (0, ±c) = (0, ±25.98) and the coordinate of the vertex is (0, ±a) = (0, ±30)
So, the distance between the foci and the vertex is the distance from the wall at which each of them should be positioned at the foci.
So, d = a - c
= 30 ft - 25.98 ft
= 4.02 feet
≅ 4 feet
