Michael is 4 times as old as Brandon and is also 27 years older than Brandon.

Find the length of the shorter leg of a right triangle with the longer leg is 9 feet more than the shorter leg the hypotenuse is

Jobisdone [24]

Answer:

Length of Shorter leg = 27 feet

Length of Longer leg = 36 feet

Length of Hypotenuse = 45 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Let,

Length of Shorter leg = x,

According to the given condition we have

∴ Length of Longer leg = x + 9 feet

∴ Length of Hypotenuse = 2x - 9 feet

To Find:

Length of Shorter leg = ?

Solution:

Now In Right Angle Triangle, By Pythagoras theorem we have

$(\textrm{Hypotenuse})^{2} = (\textrm{Shorter leg})^{2}+(\textrm{Longer leg})^{2}$

substituting the given values we get

$(2x-9)^{2} = (x)^{2}+(x+9)^{2}\\$

By using Identity (A ± B)² = A² ± 2AB +B² we get

$4x^{2} -36x+81=x^{2} +(x^{2} +18x+81)\\\\4x^{2} -2x^{2} -36x-18x=81-81\\\\2x^{2} -54x=0\\2x(x-27)=0\\2x=0 or x-27=0\\\therefore x\ cannot\ be \ zero\\\therefore x = 27 \feet$

Substituting x=27 we get

∴ Length of Longer leg = x + 9 =27 +9 = 36 feet

∴ Length of Hypotenuse = 2x - 9 = 2×27 -9 = 45 feet

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3 years ago

Would you classify the number 289 as a perfect square, perfect cube, both, or neither?

Black_prince [1.1K]

Answer:

a perfect square because 17 x 17 = 289

It's not a perfect cube

Step-by-step explanation:

7 0

3 years ago

PLZ HELP ME OUT How do I know a number is rational or irrational?

Harrizon [31]

Answer: If a number is rational, it can be represented as a simple fraction, it can be written as a terminating decimal, and a repeating decimal.

If a number is irrational, it cannot be represented as a simple fraction, it cannot be written as a terminating decimal, and not as a repeating decimal. It never ends, never repeats, just like the constant pi.

Step-by-step explanation:

So if a number is rational, it can be represented as a simple fraction, it can be written as a terminating decimal, and a repeating decimal.

If a number is irrational, it cannot be represented as a simple fraction, it cannot be written as a terminating decimal, and not as a repeating decimal. It never ends, never repeats, just like the constant pi.

8 0

3 years ago

Need 78 pieces of wood 29 cm long. Boards are 6 m long. How many boards are needed?

Wittaler [7]

I believe the answer is 4 because 6m/29= 20.6897 and so then you do 20.6897 x 3= 62.0691. So 3 is too small so do 20.6897x 4= <span>82.7588. 82 >78 so the answer is that you need 4 boards.
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3 years ago

Consider U = {x|x is a real number}. A = {x|x ∈ U and x + 2 > 10} B = {x|x ∈ U and 2x > 10} Which statements are true? 5 ∉

-Dominant- [34]

x+2 > 10 solves to x > 8 after we subtract 2 from both sides

So set A is the set of real numbers that are larger than 8. The value 8 itself is not in set A. The same can be said about 5 as well.

Set B is the set of values that are larger than 5 since 2x > 10 turns into x > 5 after dividing both sides by 2. The value x = 5 is not in set B since x > 5 would turn into 5 > 5 which is false. The values x = 6, x = 8, and x = 9 are in set B.

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Summarizing everything, we can say...

5 is not in set A. True

5 is in set B. False

6 is in set A. False

6 is not in set B. False

8 is not in set A. True

8 is in set B. True

9 is in set A. True

9 is not in set B. False

5 0

3 years ago

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