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Answer:
- red division: 6 teams
- blue division: 5 teams
Step-by-step explanation:
We can let r and b represent the numbers of teams in the red and blue divisions, respectively. The total number of goals scored in each division will be the average for that division times the number of teams in that division.
r - b = 1 . . . . . . there is 1 more red team than blue
4.5r +4.2b = 48 . . . . . . total goals scored per week
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Solving by substitution, we have ...
r = b +1
4.5(b +1) +4.2b = 48 . . . . substitute for r
8.7b +4.5 = 48 . . . . . . . . simplify
8.7b = 43.5 . . . . . . . . . . subtract 4.5
b = 43.5/8.7 = 5 . . . . . divide by 8.7
r = b +1 = 6 . . . . . . . . . find r
There are 6 red teams and 5 blue teams.
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<em>Additional comment</em>
The basic idea is that you make an equation for each relation given in the problem statement. For a problem like this, you do need to have an understanding of how the average number of goals would be calculated and how that relates to the total goals.
Step 1: Set the two equations equal to each other and solve for x.
3x -5 = 6x - 8
3x + (-5+5) = 6x -8 + 5
(3x - 6x) = (6x - 6x) - 3
-3x/-3 = -3/-3
x = 1
Step 2: To solve for y take one of the given equation of your choice (for the purpose of this explanation I will only do y = 3x - 5) and replace x with 1, then solve for y
y = 3(1) - 5
y = 3 - 5
y = -2
(1,-2)
Check:
-2 = 3(1) - 5 ---> - 2 = -2
-2 = 6(1) - 8 ---> -2 = -2
Hope this helped!
Answer:
9=0.6q where q is the number of questions on the exam.
Step-by-step explanation:
Each as a fraction 42/100 35/100 18/100 100/100
<span>The
associative rule is a rule about when it's safe to move parentheses
around. You can remember that because the parentheses determine which
expressions you have to do first--which numbers can associate with each
other. It looks like this:
For addition: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
For multiplication: (ab)c = a(bc)
The commutative property is about which operations you can do backward
and forward. You can remember this by thinking of people commuting to
work: they go to work every morning, then they repeat the same operation
backward when they commute home. It looks like this:
For addition: a + b = b + a
For multiplication: ab = ba
Finally, the distributive property tells you what happens when you
distribute one operation against another kind in parentheses. It looks
like this:
a * (b + c) = ab + ac
In other words, the a is "distributed" over the b and c.
Of course, you can make these work together:
a * (b + (c + d))
= a * ((b + c) + d) (by the associative property)
= a * (d + (b + c)) (by the commutative property)
= ad + a (b + c) (by the distributive property)
= ad + ab + ac (by the distributive property again).
Hope this helps. </span>
