Answer:
$7
Step-by-step explanation:
Your two equations are ...
Double the second equation and subtract the first:
2(2s +4t) -(4s +6t) = 2(42) -(70)
2t = 14 . . . . . simplify
t = 7 . . . . . . . divide by 2
The cost of each tie is $7.
Answer:
9 3/4 > 9.5 > 9 3/8 > 9.125
Step-by-step explanation:
convert the fractions to decimals and put it that way
You are trying to find an x-value for which f(x) = g(x). At first your choice of x is arbitrary. In the given table, the first x-value tried was 0 (zero). For this value of x, f(x) does NOT equal g(x).
Next x was 1. f(x) and g(x) are even further apart here. So reject 1 and try 2 instead. Notice how f(x) and g(x) are closer together now than they were for x=1.
Note that for x=2.5, f(x) and g(x) are even closer together; ony 0.75 separates them.
Your turn. Try x=2.4, x=2.3, and so on. You may have to go in the other direction: Try x=2.6, x=2.7, and so on. If f(x) and g(x) are getting closer to one another, you're going in the right direction; if further apart, you're going in the wrong direction.
Have fun. This really is an interesting problem.
