The correct answer is 55/4 which is equal to 13.75.
Answer: 6.5 feets
Step-by-step explanation:
The model of the spaceship was made to a scale of 1:16. Assuming the same unit of measurement used in the actual spaceship was also used in the model space ship and it was in feets. This means 1 foot on the model spaceship represented 16 feets on the actual spaceship.
In the movie, the ship is supposed to be 104 feet long. Let x be the corresponding length on the model. Therefore,
1:16 = x:104
1/16 = x/104
16x = 104
x = 104/16 = 6.5feets
So the length of the model is 6.5 feets
Since J is the midpoint of HK, that means HK is split into two sections HJ and JK that are the same length.
1) You are told that the m<span>easure of segment HJ = 9x-2 and that of segment JK = 4x+13. Since you also know they are equal lengths, you can set these equations equal to each other to find the value of x!
HJ = JK
</span>9x-2 = 4x+13
5x = 15
x = 3
2) Now you know x = 3. Plug that into your given equations for HJ and JK to find the length of each segment (or a shortcut would be to find one of them, and then you also know the other is the same length. I'm doing both, just to make sure I don't make a silly mistake!):
HJ = <span>9x-2
</span>HJ = 9(3) - 2
HJ = 27 - 2
HJ = 25
JK = 4x + 13
JK = 4(3) + 13
JK = 12 + 13
JK = 25
3) Finally, the length of HK is just the length of HJ + JK, or HK = 25 + 25 = 50.
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Answer: HJ = 25, JK = 25, HK = 50
Answer:
step 1. 6x2=12 first place way
step 2. 12×2=24
step 3. 24+6=30 second place way
