3 ways
1st way: Anthony- Gold William-Red Christopher-Green Mathew-Blue
2nd way: Anthony- Blue William-Gold Christopher-Red Mathew-Green
3rd way: Anthony-Green William-Blue Christopher-Gold Mathew-Red
Answer:
Length: 30
Width: 25
Height: 5
Answer:
use the distributive property to distribute the 8
-16+16n+3n=40+5n
-16+19n=40+5n
-16=40+5n-19n
-16=40-14n
-14n+40= -16
-14n= -16-40
-14n= -56
n= -56/-14
n= 4
2 kids cross, one brings the boat back, one parent crosses, the other kid brings the boat back, both kids cross again, one kid brings the boat back, other parent crosses, the other kid brings the boat back, both kids cross again, one kid brings the boat back, the fisherman crosses, the other kid brings the boat back, both kids cross again. the fisher man is on the side where the kids and parents are. he can take the boat. total trips 11.
In Pattern 1, they all contain the blue points. In Pattern 2, they all seem to share a center point. I'm not sure about Challenge 1 though.
