Solve this proportion: 5/9 /20=5.5/x

Two traffic lights operate independently. Your probability of being stopped at the first one is 0.4 and your probability of bein

Rus_ich [418]

Answer:

Most people found the probability of just stopping at the first light and the probability of just stopping at the second light and added them together. I'm just going to show another valid way to solve this problem. You can solve these kinds of problems whichever way you prefer.

There are three possibilities we need to consider:

Being stopped at both lights

Being stopped at neither light

Being stopped at exactly one light

The sum of the probabilities of all of the events has to be 1 because there is a 100% chance that one of these possibilities has to occur, so the probability of being stopped at exactly one light is 1 minus the probability of being stopped at both lights minus the probability of being stopped at neither.

Because the lights are independent, the probability of being stopped at both lights is just the probability of being stopped at the first light times the probability of being stopped at the second light. (0.4)(0.7) = 0.28

The probability of being stopped at neither is the probability of not being stopped at the first light, which is 1-0.4 or 0.6, times the probability of not being stopped at the second light, which is 1-0.7 or 0.3. (0.6)(0.3) = 0.18

Step-by-step explanation:

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$20 item marked down 40%

sineoko [7]

Answer:

$12

Step-by-step explanation:

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2 years ago

Would 3.24 be an integer?

alexgriva [62]

That’s a irrational number

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3 years ago

Write an equation in slope-intercept form that goes through (12, 4) and (20,8).

spayn [35]

Answer:

Equation in slope-intercept form that goes through (12, 4) and (20,8) is: $y = \frac{1}{2}x-2$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given two points are:

$(x_1,y_1) = (12,4)\\(x_2,y_2) = (20,8)$

Slope intercept form of line is given as:

$y = mx+b$

Here m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept.

Slope of a line is calculated by the formula:

$m = \frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

Putting the values

$m = \frac{8-4}{20-12}\\m = \frac{4}{8}\\m=\frac{1}{2}$

Putting the value of slope in slope-intercept form we get

$y = \frac{1}{2}x+b$

To find the value of b, any one point will be put in the equation

Putting the first point (12,4) in the equation

$4 = \frac{1}{2}(12) + b\\4 = 6+b\\b = 4-6\\b = -2$

Putting the value of b

$y = \frac{1}{2}x-2$

Hence,

Equation in slope-intercept form that goes through (12, 4) and (20,8) is: $y = \frac{1}{2}x-2$

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3 years ago

Help please if anyone knows

larisa86 [58]

Part A
To estimate this, we should first look at our fractions and see if they can be combined to form a whole number. In this case, $\frac{3}{5}$ and $\frac{2}{3}$ equal approximately 1. We can add this "1" to the other to full gallons to estimate that the painter needs about 3 gallons.

Part B
To find the exact amount, we should first change the mixed numbers to improper fractions. We do this by multiplying the denominator by the whole number, adding the numerator, and placing that value over the denominator.

$1 \frac{3}{5} \\ \\ (5*1)+3 =8 \\ \\ \frac{8}{5} \\ \\ \\ \\ 1 \frac{2}{3} \\ \\ (3*1)+2=5 \\ \\ \frac{5}{3} 
$

Now, we need to find the least common denominator. This is the lowest value that both denominators will divide evenly into. In this case, that number is 15.

Next, we should multiply both fractions so that the denominator is that number. Remember that we must also multiply the numerator for the fraction to remain equivalent to its original value.

$\frac{8}{5} *3 = \frac{24}{15} \\ \\ \frac{5}{3} *5 = \frac{25}{15}$

Now, we can simply add our numerators.

$25+24=49$

We know that he needs $\frac{49}{15}$ gallons of paint, but this is not in the most simplified format. To simplify, we need to turn our improper fraction back to a mixed number. To do this, we need to divide our numerator by the denominator to create our whole number, and the remainder becomes our new numerator.

$\frac{49}{15} \\ \\ 49 / 15 = 3(Remainder: 4) \\ \\ 3\frac{4}{15}$

Using that logic, we can see that the painter needs exactly $3 \frac{4}{15}$ gallons of paint.

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