Answer:
why you just don't put the question up
Step-by-step explanation:
^n=1/square root of 59 (535) ,if that makes sense its hard to type it
"31-inch piece of steel is cut into three pieces"
Call the pieces a,b,c
a + b + c = 31
"second piece is twice as long as the first piece"
b = 2a
"third piece is one inch more than seven times the length of the first piece"
c = 1 + 7a
Ok, we have our equations, let's substitute the second and third into the first.
a + 2a + 1 + 7a = 31
10a + 1 = 31
10a = 30
a = 30/10 = 3
b = 2a = 6
c = 1 + 7a = 22
Check: 3 + 6 + 22 = 31, good
Answer: 3 inches, 6 inches, 22 inches
If you can find one leg of a triangle to be congruent to a leg on the other triangle, then you can use the HL (hypotenuse leg) theorem. If the hypotenuse and one leg of a right triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and a leg of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
