A local shoe store buys shoes at a wholesale price and then marks them up 80% to calculate the retail price. The wholesale price
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Answer:
x=14, x=1
Step-by-step explanation:
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First factor the equation. Which numbers multiplies to 14 and adds up to -15? It's -14 and -1 so the equation is factored to (x-14)(x-1). I assume that you know how to do this.
Then set the values inside the parentheses equal to 0 and solve for x.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Let point be the point where the straight line drawn from point
meets the straight line
, it is evident that
and
is similar given that both triangles share the same angle,
. Hence, the ratio of the sides of each triangle is the same. Specifically,
.
Performing cross multiplication yields
.