Three times the difference of a number and four.
or
Three times the quantity of four less than a number n.
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Work Shown:
a = unknown = leg #1
b = 12 = leg #2
c = 15 = hypotenuse
Plug those values into the pythagorean theorem and solve for 'a'
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
a^2 + (12)^2 = (15)^2 .... substitution
a^2 + 144 = 225
a^2 = 225 - 144 ... subtracting 144 from both sides
a^2 = 81
a = sqrt(81) .... applying square root to both sides
a = 9
Answer:
54 Pounds
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that they start off with 67.5 pounds of sugar and they need to reduce it by 20%. We also know from the problem that we want to know the MAXIMUM amount of sugar consumed by each track member.
The typical high school student consumes about 67.5 pounds of sugar per year. That is our first piece of the problem
67.5
We now know that 20% of it needs to be reduced. This means that we can multiply it by 0.8 because that is 20% less than 100% of the sugar.
67.5 x 0.8
This leads the answer to be 54 Pounds
Hope this helped :D
3 7/8 Converted into decimal equals 3.875
7/8 = 0.875 + 3
