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3 years ago

4x+7=23. explain the steps you would use to solve the equation for x.

Mathematics

2 answers:

vladimir1956 [14]3 years ago

6 0

Answer:

x=4

Step-by-step explanation:

4x+7=23

Collect like terms

4x=23-7

4x=16

Divide both sides by the co-efficient of x

4x/4=16/4

x=4

yaroslaw [1]3 years ago

5 0

Answer:

x=4

Step-by-step explanation:

1. isolate the variable by subtracting 7 on both sides: 4x=23-7

2. simplify: 4x=16

3. divide both sides by 4: x=16/4

4. simplify: x=4

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$\|a\| = 5\sqrt{13}$ .

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Step-by-step explanation:

Let $m$ , $n$ , and $k$ be scalars such that:

$\displaystyle a = m\, (2\, \vec{i} + 3\, \vec{j}) = m\, \begin{bmatrix}2 \\ 3\end{bmatrix}$ .

$\displaystyle b = n\, (2\, \vec{i} + 5\, \vec{j}) = n\, \begin{bmatrix}2 \\ 5\end{bmatrix}$ .

$\displaystyle (a + b) = k\, (8\, \vec{i} + 15\, \vec{j}) = k\, \begin{bmatrix}8 \\ 15\end{bmatrix}$ .

The question states that $\| a + b \| = 34$ . In other words:

$k\, \sqrt{8^{2} + 15^{2}} = 34$ .

$k^{2} \, (8^{2} + 15^{2}) = 34^{2}$ .

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The question also states that the scalar multiple here is positive. Hence, $k = 2$ .

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$\begin{aligned} (a + b) &= k\, (8\, \vec{i} + 15\, \vec{j}) \\ &= 2\, (8\, \vec{i} + 15\, \vec{j}) \\ &= 16\, \vec{i} + 30\, \vec{j}\\ &= \begin{bmatrix}16 \\ 30 \end{bmatrix}\end{aligned}$ .

$(a + b)$ could also be expressed in terms of $m$ and $n$ :

$\begin{aligned} a + b &= m\, (2\, \vec{i} + 3\, \vec{j}) + n\, (2\, \vec{i} + 5\, \vec{j}) \\ &= (2\, m + 2\, n) \, \vec{i} + (3\, m + 5\, n) \, \vec{j} \end{aligned}$ .

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Equate the two expressions and solve for $m$ and $n$ :

$\begin{cases}2\, m + 2\, n = 16 \\ 3\, m + 5\, n = 30\end{cases}$ .

$\begin{cases}m = 5 \\ n = 3\end{cases}$ .

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$\begin{aligned} \| a \| &= \| m\, (2\, \vec{i} + 3\, \vec{j})\| \\ &= m\, \| (2\, \vec{i} + 3\, \vec{j}) \| \\ &= 5\, \sqrt{2^{2} + 3^{2}} = 5 \sqrt{13}\end{aligned}$ .

$\begin{aligned} \| b \| &= \| n\, (2\, \vec{i} + 5\, \vec{j})\| \\ &= n\, \| (2\, \vec{i} + 5\, \vec{j}) \| \\ &= 3\, \sqrt{2^{2} + 5^{2}} = 3 \sqrt{29}\end{aligned}$ .