When solving equilibrium problems a quadratic results it has the general form 0 equals x ^ 2 + BX + C a b and c may be positive or negative numbers usually when the wrong answer is plugged in it will lead to a negative concentration or amount. good luck
-2 could not be the answer to |2x - 0.6| because it would have to be positive due to the “| |” symbols.
So we have 52 horses. We know that 12 are white, so:
W : B - 12: x, where x is the unknown amount of horses.
52 - the twelve white horses = 40 other horses.
This means that there are 40 black horses, so the ration of W:B is 12:40. We can simplify this ratio.
The highest common factor of both numbers is 4, so the ratio can be divided by four, giving 3:10.
Therefore the ratio is 3:10.
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