2 (x - 5) = 8
To solve, you use the distributive property as shown below!! :)
2x - 10 = 8
2x = 18
x = 9
Hope this helped you :)
For martians to destroy human society, they would need to travel 49,667,440 miles.
She will use 42 purple beads.
Explanation
We will use a proportion to solve this.
The ratio of blue to purple beads is 4:3, or 4/3.
We know she uses 56 blue beads and an unknown amount, x, of purple beads. This gives us 56/x.
Together, we have
4/3 = 56/x
Cross multiply:
4*x = 3*56
4x = 168
Divide both sides by 4:
4x/4 = 168/4
x = 42
We know by definition that complementary angles add up to 90 degrees. We can set up an equation using the ration given:
17x+13x=90, with x representing the amount you need to multiply the ratio by to get 90.
17x+13x=90
30x=90
x=3
We now know that the number we multiply the ratio by is 3. The smaller number in the ratio is 13, and so therefore we multiply it by 3.
3*13=39
The answer is 39 degrees.
