Answer:
-15/2 (or -7 1/2)
Step-by-step explanation:
-7.5 is equal to -75/10.
When you simplify it, you get:
-15/2 which simplifies to -7 1/2
Answer and explanation:
Given:
Royal soil= $6.50 per pound
Royal peasant = $2 per pound of 10 pounds
Blend total pounds is x+10, price is unknown hence solved below
Using algebra
We find unknown x = number of pounds of royal soil
$6.50(x)+$2(10)=6.50x+20/x+10(x+10)
= 6.50x+20= 6.50x²+85x+200
X=area of Sahara.
y=area of the Gobi Desert.
We suggest this system equations:
x+y=4000000
x=7y
solve by susbstitution method.
(7y)+y=4,000,000
8y=4,000,000
y=4,000,000 / 8=500,000
x=7y
x=7(500,000)=3,500,000
The area of Sahara=3,500,00 miles².
The area of the Gobi Desert=500,000 miles²
To check:
Te sum of their areas is : 3,500,000 miles²+500,000 miles²=4,000,000 miles²
Te area of sahara (3,500,000 miles²) is 7 times the area of the Gobi Desert (7*500,000 miles²=3,500,000 miles²).