Answer:
hi heres the answer for x
x= 1/2
x=0.5
85 divided by 17=5 so every 1% of students at the school comprise of 5 students, to find the total number of students we need to multiply 100 by 5 making 500, so there would be 500 students at park street middle school for the number of students with blue eyes to match the national statistic.
6.2^2 + b^2 = 8.7^2
38.44 + b^2 = 75.69
b^2 = 37.25
b ≈ 6.1