<span>To find the greatest perfect square that is a factor of 396, first we check what are the factors of 396
Factors of 396 are: 1,2,3,4,6,9,11,12,18,22,33,36,44,66,99,132,198,396
Now we check which is the greatest perfect square in these.
396, 198, 132, 99, 66,44 are not perfect square,
so 36 is the largest perfect square from the factors of 396, 6 x 6 = 6</span>² = 36
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solve for "x"
Answer:
12
Step-by-step explanation:
The first cave has 7 times more bats than the last cave. So if the 45th cave has b bats, then the first cave has 7b bats.
There are 77 bats in every row of 7 caves. So if there are 7b bats in the first cave, then there are 77−7b bats in caves 2 through 7.
Since there are also 77 bats in caves 2 through 8, that means cave #8 must have 7b bats. Repeating this logic:
#1 = 7b
#2-#7 = 77−7b
#8 = 7b
#9-#14 = 77−7b
#15 = 7b
#16-21 = 77−7b
#22 = 7b
#23-28 = 77−7b
#29 = 7b
So the first 29 caves have 5(7b) + 4(77−7b) = 308 + 7b bats.
Now we do the same thing from the other end. If cave #45 has b bats, then caves #39-#44 have 77−b bats. And since caves #38-44 have 77 bats, then cave #38 has b bats. Therefore:
#45 = b
#39-44 = 77−b
#38 = b
#32-37 = 77−b
#31 = b
So caves 31 through 45 have 3b + 2(77−b) = 154 + b bats.
Adding that to the first 29 caves, plus x number of bats in cave #30:
308 + 7b + x + 154 + b = 462 + 8b + x
We know this equals 490.
490 = 462 + 8b + x
28 = 8b + x
x is a maximum when b is a minimum, which is b = 2.
28 = 8(2) + x
x = 12
There are at most 12 bats in the 30th cave.
Answer:
All you have to do is to the distributive method.
Step-by-step explanation:
(7x+14)(9x-8)