You're almost looking at the solution. Almost.
If it only said " r = 1 ", then that would be the solution right there.
But it says " | r | = 1 ", so there's a little more to it.
'r' can be either +1 or -1 and that equation will be a true statement.
So +1 and -1 are both solutions.
10 liters of gas fill one tank.
x liters of gas fill x/10 tanks.
35 liters of gas fills 35/10=7/2 tanks
7/2 can also be written as 3.5 or the mixed number (3 and 1/2)
The actual answer is 5.66666666
The reason is that because he made 238 over 42 months you divide 238$ by 42 months
The 54 percentage of 40 inches is 21.6 inches