Answer:
The answer is 2
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
(x, y) = (1/2, -1)
Step-by-step explanation:
Subtracting twice the first equation from the second gives ...
(2/x +1/y) -2(1/x -5/y) = (3) -2(7)
11/y = -11 . . . . simplify
y = -1 . . . . . . . multiply by y/-11
Using the second equation, we can find x:
2/x +1/-1 = 3
2/x = 4 . . . . . . . add 1
x = 1/2 . . . . . . . multiply by x/4
The solution is (x, y) = (1/2, -1).
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<em>Additional comment</em>
If you clear fractions by multiplying each equation by xy, the problem becomes one of solving simultaneous 2nd-degree equations. It is much easier to consider this a system of linear equations, where the variable is 1/x or 1/y. Solving for the values of those gives you the values of x and y.
A graph of the original equations gives you an extraneous solution of (x, y) = (0, 0) along with the real solution (x, y) = (0.5, -1).
You have to use the formula cost over quantity
Divide 8 and $2.88
The answer is.
0.36
Area = 36 = length*width
Then, while the area is constant the product length*width is constant.
Length and area are inversely related.
That means that to keep the same product (area), length vary in inverse proportion to width.
If you increase length, widht has to decrease to satisfy this relation:
width = 36/length
Of course, you can also say: length = 36 / width.
If 1/4 of x is 16, we multiply 16 x 4 which will give us x=64. 3/4 of 64 = 48