Hi!
Our goal is to isolate x on one side by doing the same operation on both sides.
First let's use the distribution property.
-2 x 6 = -12
-2 x 3 = -6
-12x - 6 = -27 - 5x
Add 6 to both sides
-12x - 6 + 6 = -27 + 6 - 5x
-12x = -21 - 5x
Add 5x to both sides
-12x + 5x = -21 - 5x + 5x
-7x = -21
Divide by -7 on both sides
-7x/-7 = -21/-7
x = 3
The answer is x = 3
Hope this helps! :)
L=2w-3
w(2w-3)=54
2w²- 3w-54=0
A= 2 , B= -3, C= -54
sub values into quadratic formula
i attached picture of formula
Final answer: you will be given 2 answers 6 and -4.5. -4.5 is rejected since a negative value cannot represent length because that just doesn't make sense.
w=6
Check:
L=2w-3
=2(6)-3
=12-3
=9
9*6=54
Therefore the dimensions of the photograph are 6 cm by 9 cm
The value of 4 is 4000, this is because it is in the thousands column (units,tens,hundreds,thousands etc)