Answer:
40
Step-by-step explanation:
A quarter of 1600 is 400. A tenth of that is 40.
:P
We are told that 21% of the total cans is 63 cans, therefore
100% of all the cans collected would be.
(63*100)/21=300 cans were collected in all
Remember that you can always multiply or divide BOTH the numerator and denominator
of the fraction by anything you want to. You just have to do exactly the same to both of
them.
The way to simplify a fraction is to divide both the numerator and denominator by their
greatest common factor.
Do you see all of those 'x's on the top and bottom ? The top and bottom can
both be divided by x-cubed.
<u>Numerator:</u>
Divide (-4³) by x³, and you have (-4) left.
<u>Denominator:</u>
Divide (x³ - 2x⁴) by x³, and you have (1 - 2x) left.
So, the simplified fraction is [ -4 / (1 - 2x) ].
That's a perfectly good answer, but you could make it look a little prettier
if you multiply the top and bottom both by -1 . Then it would be
4 / (2x - 1) .
Either one is fine.
OK. I did it, and I have the solution.
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The length of the deck is (5 + 2x) .
The width of the deck is (4 + 2x) .
If the deck didn't have that big hole in the middle where the pool is,
then its area would be
(5 + 2x) · (4 + 2x) .
When you multiply that all out, you get Area = 4x² + 18x + 20
and the question tells us that the area of the whole big rectangle is 90 yds² .
So we can write
4x² + 18x + 20 = 90 .
Subtract 90 from each side: 4x² + 18x - 70 = 0
Divide each side by 2 : 2x² + 9x - 35 = 0
You can use the quadratic equation to solve that and find out that
x = 2.5 yards, and that's what the question is asking you.
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That makes the deck 10 yds high and 9 yds wide.
Total area of the whole big rectangle, (deck + pool ), = 90 yds².
