Answer:
-0.25 units
Step-by-step explanation:
144x^2 - 72x + 9 = 0
common factor: 9
16x^2 - 8x + 1 = 0
(4x + 1)^2 = 0
4x +1 = 0
4x = -1
x = -0.25 units
Put 4:3 into a fraction like 4/3 and make it equal to the number of boys
4/3=216/x
(find x by cross multiplying)
x=162 girls
On problems ii, and iii, you just count up the amount of sides on the polygon and add x behind it to create a type of an equation to find the perimeter of that shape that will work as longs as the sides are congruent to each other.
For problems a,b, and c, you just have to calculate what x is. On a, you find what the other side is if one side is 2 and the area is 24. On b you find what the other side could equal if one side is 4 and the area is 16. On c you know what the perimeter is (72) . The longer sides are 2x and the shorter sides are x. SO you divide by the #s and check your work!
Answer:
The area of the triangle is 351cm^2.
Step-by-step explanation:
To find the area of a triangle, the formula is (1/2) x base x height. In this case, the height would be a line that cuts straight through the center of the triangle. However, this height is not given to us. We can still find it through Pythagoras' Theorem though.
Let A be the tip of the triangle, and B and C be the points on either side of the triangle. Assuming an imaginary line that cuts the triangle in a symmetrical half, let T be the point at the end of the line, directly below point A.
Using Pythagoras' Theorem,
AB^2 = AT^2 + TB^2
AT^2 = AB^2 - TB^2
AT^2 = 30^2 - (26/2)^2
AT^2 = 30^2 - 13^2
AT =

AT = 27.0370116692
So the length of AT is our height. We can now find the area of the triangle.
Area of triangle = (1/2) x 26cm x AT
Area of triangle = 351.4811516996
Area of triangle = 351cm^2 (To 3s.f.)