The first thing we must do for this case is to define variables.
We have then:
x: number of cats
y: number of dogs
We write the system of equations:
x / y = 2/3
(1/4) x + (1/2) y = 48
Solving the system we have:
x = 48
y = 72
The total number of animals is:
x + y = 48 + 72 = 120
Answer:
The total number of animals in the pet store is:
120
Answer:
Slope is 1/2, equation is y=1/2x+30
Step-by-step explanation:
The formula for a linear equation is y=mx+b
m is your slope and b is your y intercept
Finding Slope:
m = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
m = (57.50-37.50)/(55-15)
m = 20/40
m = 1/2(simplified)
Answer:
15:20
Step-by-step explanation:
We can simplify the ratio to 3:4
after doing that we can multiply both sides by 5 giving us
15:20 as our answer
Or you can cross multiply
9 : 12 = 15 : x
Now we have 9x = 180
divide both sides by 9 and we get
x=20
which would work giving us the ratio of 9 : 12 = 15 : 20
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
A) Use the distributive property to eliminate parentheses. Then combine like terms. (The only "like terms" are the constants.)
... = 12 +3·2y +3·(-3) . . . use the distributive property to multiply each term in parentheses by the factor 3 outside those parentheses
... = 12 +6y -9 . . . . . . . . simplify
... = 6y + (12 -9) . . . . . . group like terms together
... = 6y + 3 . . . . . . . . . . simplify
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B) Look for factors of each term that are also found in the other term.
... 18b has factors 3×6×b
... 12 has factors 2×6
The only common factor is 6, so we factor that out using the distributive property.
... 18b -12 = 6(3b -2)
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<em>Comment on factoring</em>
For factoring problems, it helps immensely if you know your times tables and some of the rules for divisibility. (Even numbers are divisible by 2, numbers ending in 0 or 5 are divisible by 5, numbers whose sum of digits is divisible by 3 are divisible by 3, for example.)
Answer:
b and c
Step-by-step explanation: