Given:
The figure of a triangle.
To find:
The missing length.
Solution:
Let x be the missing length.
Basic proportionality theorem(BPT): According to this theorem, if a line is parallel to the one side of a triangle then that the line intersects the other two sides of the triangle in the same ratio.
Using Basic proportionality theorem, we get
Adding x on both sides, we get
The missing length is 3 Therefore, the correct option is D.
Answer:
(2, - 3 )
Step-by-step explanation:
Given the 2 equations
2x - 3y = 13 → (1)
x + 2y = - 4 → (2)
Rearrange (2) expressing x in terms of y by subtracting 2y from both sides
x = - 4 - 2y → (3)
Substitute x = - 4 - 2y into (1)
2(- 4 - 2y) - 3y = 13 ← distribute and simplify left side
- 8 - 4y - 3y = 13
- 8 - 7y = 13 ( add 8 to both sides )
- 7y = 21 ( divide both sides by - 7 )
y = - 3
Substitute y = - 3 into (3) for corresponding value of x
x = - 4 - 2(- 3) = - 4 + 6 = 2
Solution is (2, - 3 )
An expression of more than 2 terms
The number of handshakes is the number of ways 6 objects can be selected 2 at a time.
.. C(6,2) = 6·5/(2·1) = 15
The appropriate choice is
... C) 15
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Consider that each person can shake hands with 5 others. That's a total of 6*5 = 30 handshakes, but it counts both A shaking with B and B shaking with A. If each pair of persons only shakes hands once, the number of handshakes is 30/2 = 15.
