14 20
---- = ----- cross multiply
3x x-5
14(x-5) = 3x (20)
14x - 70 = 60x
-14x -14x
-70 = 36x
/36 /36
-70/36 = x
or
-35/18 = x
Answer:
wives
sacks
cats
kits
Suppose the man in the St. Ives poem has x wives, each wife has x sacks, each sack has x cats, and each cat has x kits. Write an expression using exponents that represents the total number of kits, cats, sacks, and wives going to St .Ives.
Step-by-step explanation:
wives
If each of the "x" wives has "x" sacks, so the number of sacks is:
sacks
If each of the "x" wives has "x" sacks, and each sack has "x" cats, so the number of cats is:
cats
If each of the "x" wives has "x" sacks, and each sack has "x" cats, and each cat has "x" kits, so the number of kits is:
kits
The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees
2x-9+3x+x+3=180
6x-6=180
6x=186
x=31
A=2(31)-9
A=62-9
A=53