If you are doing a quadratic, you wil have to do quadratic formula, if you are just doing that, no solution.
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Answer: £66</h3>
Your teacher may want you to leave off the pounds sign.
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Explanation:
x = amount Bill gets
3x = amount Sam gets, because he gets three times as much
x+3x = 4x = total amount of money
4x = 88
x = 88/4
x = 22
Bill gets £22
3x = 3*22 = 66
Sam gets £66
Note that 22+66 = 88 to help confirm the answer.
Answer: x=4
Step-by-step explanation:
2x-3(x+4)=3x-4
distribute 2x-3x-12=3x-4
combine like terms 5x-12=3x-4
Move everything to one side 2x-8=0
Get x by itself 2x=8
Divide by 2 x=4
Answer: Right and isosceles
Just switch the x and the 3