The equation `2x + 3 - 1 = -x + 8` is modeled above. What value of `x` makes the equation true?
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Answer:
Train A - 50 miles per hour
train B - 30 miles per hour
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x mph be the speed of the train B, then the speed of the train A is (x+20) mph.
In 3 hours,
- train A travels 3(x+20) miles
- train B travels 3x miles
In total, they covered the distance of 240 miles, so
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
We'll call the 2 numbers x and y. Starting with the last part of that first sentence "one number is 10 times the other number" can be written, in algebraic form:
y = 10x
Now on to the first statement about the numbers: "twice their sum" is 2(x + y) and "equals their product" is = xy. Putting that all together:
2(x + y) = xy and we know that y = 10x so
2(x + 10x) = x(10x) and
and
and
x(10x - 22) = 0 so
x = 0 or 10x - 22 = 0 which makes
x equal to
So x = 2.2 and y = 22.