Answer:
k = 3
Step-by-step explanation:
-12 = 3 - 2k - 3k
-12 = 3 - 5k
5k = 15
k = 3
Answer:
Let x equal the ice thickness. An equality that represents a safe ice thickness for walkability is:
x ≥ 4 inches
(Plus the graph)
Step-by-step explanation:
Defining a variable just means you let any letter or symbol take the place of something. But you have to specifically say what is what in order for it to be clear.
So I defined "x" as the variable to represent the ice's thickness. And since we want an inequality for all the safe thicknesses, we could say that "x" must be greater than or equal to 4 inches thick in order to safely walk on it.
Lastly, you'd graph it with a solid point on 4 with the arrow going to the right.
The answer is

.
Explanation:
In order to subtract the fractions, we must make them like fractions. To do this, the denominators must be the same by multiplying (only). Since the first fraction is

, 3 can be multiplied by 2 to get 6, which is the other fraction, we can multiply it. Whatever you do to the denominator you must do to the numerator. Now multiply 2 by the numerator (10) to get

. Now we can subtract the fractions

and

to get 13/6. Since this fraction is not in mixed fraction form yet, we must do that first. goes into 13 twice, so the whole number is 2 and there is still 1 left, making the fraction

. Therefore, the difference is 2

.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
AB = 8x + 5
BC = 5x² - 16
5x² - 16 = 8x + 5
5x² - 8x - 21 = 0
Quadratic formula
x = [8 ± √(8² – 4·5(-21))] / [2·5]
= [8 ± √484] / 10
= [8 ± 22] /10
= -1.4, 3
-1.4 is an extraneous solution.
x = 3
AB = 8x+5 = 29
AC = 58