If Ms. Callahan has 24 feet of fencing, and she is building a pen, the PERIMETER of the pen must be 24 feet. The perimeter is basically the distance around a figure. The perimeter of a rectangle is equal to length plus width plus length plus width, AKA l+w+l+w, or P=2l+2w. In a rectangle, two pairs of sides are of equal length--so the two lengths and the two widths must be equal.
So, the formula is P=2l+2w. P, the perimeter, is 24, so 24=2l+2w. Let's try some values for l and see what we get for w. If the length is 1, l=1. 24=(2*1)+2w. 24=2+2w. 22=2w. w=11. So if length is 1 foot, width is 11 feet.
What if l=2? 24=(2*2)+2w. 24=4+2w. 2w=20. w=10. If l=2, w=10. And l=3? 24=(2*3)+2w. 24=6+2w. 18=2w. w=9. If l=3, w=9. Do you see a pattern? Every time we add 1 to l, we subtract 1 from w. So if l=4, w=8. If l=5, w=7. If l=6, w=6. Here, we start getting similar answers: if l=7, w=5. If l=8, w=4. Since we already know these values work, it doesn't matter whether we call it length or width. So, our answers are below.
Answer: Ms Callahan can make a pen with a length of 1 foot and a width of 11 feet, a length of 2 feet and a width of 10 feet, a length of 3 feet and a width of 9 feet, a length of 4 feet and a width of 8 feet, a length of 5 feet and a width of 7 feet, or a length of 6 feet and a width of 6 feet.
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Answer: 10,080</h3>
Explanation:
There are 8 letters so there are 8! = 8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1 = 40,320 permutations of those letters. However, the letters "O" and "L" show up twice each, so we must divide by 2! = 2*1 = 2 for each instance this happens.
So,
(8!)/(2!*2!) = (40,320)/(2*2) = (40,320)/4 = 10,080
is the number of ways to arrange the letters of "football".
The reason we divide by 2 for each instance of a duplicate letter is because we can't tell the difference between the two "O"s or the two "L"s. If there was a way to distinguish between them, then we wouldnt have to divide by 2.
Answer:
1 & 2
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
L1 -x + 2y = -1
L2 5x - 10y = 6
-x + 2y = - 1 multiply by -1
x - 2y = 1 multiply by 5
5x - 10y = 5 is similar that 5x - 10y = 6
The system has no solution
