You can cut 15.4 pieces or rounded to 15 pieces just take 12.32 and divide by 0.8 giving you 15.4
You can make 9 pages with 2 newspaper clippings on each page
We do like the following:
Set the first number is a and the second is b.
We have two equations: a+2xb=24, 2xa+b=21
And we have 2xa+4xb=48 or 2xa=48-4xb
So: 48-4xb+b=21 or -3xb=21-48=-27 and we got b=-27:(-3)=9 and a= 6
a=6 and b=9
Based off of what I can see in the photo (its too blurry to know for sure) and what I think you're asking:
The angle of a triangle always adds up to 360degrees, so base it on that and the acute and obtuse angles and get the degrees from there, the angle would be those degrees you find or <10, 5, 4 (what I assume is a 5)
Substitute 4 for y. Then -3x^2 + 16 = 52.
Solve for x. Subtract 16 from both sides, obtaining -3x^2 = 36.
Divide both sides by -3, obtaining x^2 = -12. This last result makes no sense, as no square of a real number could be negative. Probably this is where you're ":getting a negative answer."
If imaginary answers were allowed, then x = i*√12 = i*2√3 or x = -i*2√3.
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