The median is the middle number when the numbers are put in ascending order (lowest to highest)
1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 7
The middle numbers are 3 and 4. The number between 3 and 4 is thus the median - this number is 3.5
Answer:
x = 6
y = 2
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
x=5.6
y=-5.6
Step-by-step explanation:
3x - 5y = 14 Equation 1
– 2x + 2y = 0 Equation 2
Simultaneous equation can be solved either through elimination method or substitution method. But we use elimination method for this question
Multiply equation 1 by -2 (the coefficient of x in equation 2) and multiply equation 2 with 3 (the coefficient of x in equation 1), so that x will have the same coefficient in the new equations, and easy to eliminate
-2(3x - 5y = 14)
-6x+10y=-28 Equation 3
3(– 2x + 2y = 0)
-6x+6y=0 Equation 4
Subtract equation 4 from 3 to eliminate x
-6x+10y=-28
-6x+6y=0
-6x-(-6x)=-6x+6x=0
10y-6y=5y
-28-0=-28
5y=-28
y=-28/5
y=-5.6
Substitute for y in equation 2
– 2x + 2y = 0
– 2x + 2(-5.6) = 0
-2x-11.2=0
-2x=11.2
x=-11.2/2
x=5.6
Answer: x = $7, y = $6
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the cost of an adult ticket
Let y be the cost of a children's ticket
Translate these sentences to algebra:
At the circus, three adult tickets and five child tickets cost $51: 3x + 5y = 51
Five adult tickets and two child tickets cost $47: 5x + 2y = 47
Now we have two equations. Let's use substitution to solve.
3x + 5y = 51
3x = 51 - 5y
.: x = 17 - 5y/3
Now substitute this value of x into the second equation to find the numerical value of y:
5(17 - 5y/3) + 2y = 47
85 - 25y/3 + 2y = 47
-19y/3 = -38
-19y = -114
.: y = 6
Now find x:
x = 17 - 5y/3
x = 17 - 10
.: x = 7
So an adult ticket costs $7, and a child ticket costs $6 :)
