Answer:
Ray = 19 yrs old
Tom = 25 yrs old
John = 57 yrs old
Explanation:
Let x be the years of Tom
R = x - 6
J = 3R = 3(x - 6)
T = x
R + J + T = 101
x - 6 + 3(x - 6) + x = 101
2x - 6 + 3x - 18 = 101
5x - 24 = 101
5x = 125
x = 125/5 = 25
R = 25 - 6 = 19
J = 3(25 - 6) = 57
T = 25
G(x)=8(x-3)-7
The number in the parentheses has to be changed to positive 3.
You keep the number (-7) the same sign it already is. The vertex is (3,-7)
Three between the x values and four between the y values
the standard form for a horizontal ellipse is
X^2/a^2 + y^2/b^2 = 1
Substitute 54 for b and and use (8,18) as the
point to find a
x=8
y=18
8^2/a^2 + 18^2/54^2 =1
64/a^2 + 324/2916 = 1
324/2916 reduces to 1/9
64/a^2 + 1/9 = 1
64/a^2= 1-1/9
64/a^2 = 8/9
64*9/8 = a^2
576/8 = 72
A^2 = 72
A = square root(72) = 8.485
So formula
would be x^2/72 + y^2/2916 =1
