Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Brittany paints the room in x hours, completing 1/x of the room per hour.
Ashley paints the room in x+2 hours, completing 1/(x+2) of the room per hour.
Working together, they complete 1/x + 1/(x+2) = ⅐ of the room per hour.
7(x+2) + 7x = x(x+2)
14x + 15 = x^2 + 2x
x^2 - 12x - 15 = 0
x = [12 ±√(12²+60)]/2= 6±√51
6-√51 is an extraneous solution.
x = 6+√51 ≈ 13.14
Brittany paints the room in 12.14 hours
Luckily for us, this problem solved the bulk of its own question!
Now, all we have to do is solve for "x", or the amount of fiction books and plug its value back into the original equation to find the value of "y", or the amount of nonfiction books.
2x = 38
x = 19
There are 19 fiction books.
x + y = 26
19 + y = 26
y = 7
There are 7 nonfiction books.
Hope this helps!
Answer:
a=1/2
Step-by-step explanation:
From the question, the expression a(8x+7) is equivalent to 4x+3.5
Which means that multiplying 8x by a gives 4x and multiplying 7 by a gives 3.5
So, we can write the following to find the value of a
we can write the following
8ax=4x
Hence the value of a is 1/2
Answer:
1 2/3 naranjas que va a tener cada persona.
