Answer:
answer is 17.5
Step-by-step explanation:
use formula a^2 + b^2 = c^2 (letters represent each side of the triangle)
9^2 + 15^2 = 306
306 = x^2. find the square root of 306 to find x
√306 = 17.4928557
rounded it to the nearest 10th
17.5
in essence it's just asking on getting the equation of that line in more or less slope-intercept form, hmmm well, it's a line, so all we need is two points to get it, hmmm let's see let's use the starting point and terminal point, so we know it goes through the origin, (0,0) and also goes through (1, 0.7), let's change 0.7 to a fraction, so its 7/10, ok, let's use those two points from it.
Understanding the Question
This may not be the actual way that the US government prepares the CPI, but it will provide a comparison.
You can set up a proportion. The base number for the CPI is 38.8 in 1970. That number (38.8) has more than doubled to get to 82.4, which also tells us that there was inflation. What your parents and grandparents bought in 1970 went to double the amount in 1980. Gasoline certainly did that.
Givens
CPI in 1970 = 38.8
CPI in 1980 = 82.4
Eggs 1970 = 0.25
Edgs 1980 = X
Formula substitution and solution
CPI 1970 / CPI 1980 = cost of eggs 1970 / cost of eggs 1980
38.8/82.4 = 0.25 / x Cross multiply
38.8 * x = 0.25 * 82.4
38.8 * x = 20.625
x = 20.628 /38.8
x = 0.53 dollars of 53 cents.
53 cents in 1980 which is slightly double as predicted.
Footnote
As a matter of interest, my wife tells me that eggs now cost about 3.58 where we live. That's almost 7 times as expensive as they were in 1980. Something to think about. By the way, the price quoted is in Canada.
