It would be A=45, but i don't understand why you have a 3 above your answer
-2, -4/9 , 34%, 3/8. This is your answer
-- You have two angles.
-- They're complementary . . . they add up to 90 degrees.
-- One is 4 times as big as the other one.
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-- The smaller angle has 1 share of the 90 degrees.
-- The bigger angle has 4 shares of the 90 degrees.
-- (The smaller one is 1/4 the size of the bigger one.
The bigger one is 4 times the size of the smaller one.)
-- When you add them together, you get 5 shares, totaling 90 degrees.
-- What's the size of each share ? It's 90/5 = 18 degrees.
-- The smaller angle gets one share . . . 18 degrees.
-- The bigger angle gets 4 shares. (4 x 18) = 72 degrees.
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Check:
-- Is the small one 1/4 the size of the big one ? 18/72 = 1/4 Yes.
-- Are they complementary ? Do they add up to 90 degrees ?
18 + 72 = 90 Yes.
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Let's make p stand for popcorn and d for drinks. Using those variables, we can create our equations:
2p + 3d = 18.25
4p + 2d = 27.50
From this, we can use substitution or elimination to solve:
For substitution, in the second equations, we could factor out a 2, divide both sides by 2, and then move the left over 2p to the other side to isolate d to put into the first equation.
For elimination, we can multiply the first equation by -2 so that we can remove the 4p and focus on solving for d.
I'll be using elimination in this case:
-2(2p + 3d = 18.25) --> -4p - 6d = -36.50
-4p - 6d = -36.50
4p + 2d = 27.50
-4d = -9.00
d = 2.25
4p + 2 * 2.25 = 27.50
4p + 4.50 = 27.50
4p = 23.00
p = 5.75
Now let's check our answer:
2 * 5.75 + 3 * 2.25 = 18.25
11.50 + 6.75 = 18.25
18.25 = 18.25
So drinks cost $2.25 and popcorn $5.75
