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3 years ago

What is the length of side s of the square shown below?

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horsena [70]3 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

well, process of elimination

Komok [63]3 years ago

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C - the formula for a 45 45 90 triangle makes the hypotenuse equal to the sides times the square root of two, and 8 divided by the square root of two is 4 times the square root of two

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Let x = the length of the shorter piece of rope. x + (1/2)x = 24 (3/2)x = 24 (2/3)(3/2)x = (2/3)(24) x = 16 The lengths of rope

Elena-2011 [213]

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the question

A rope is 24 feet long. It is cut into two pieces such that one piece is half the length of the other. Find the lengths of the two pieces of rope.

Options

The stated solution is correct (lengths of 16 feet and 8 feet).

Based on the way the variable is defined, the equation should be x + 2x = 24.

The equation is written correctly, but there is an error in solving the equation.

The way the variable is defined, and because x=16, the longer piece of rope would be 32 feet, which is not possible.

Let the length of one piece be x (shorter piece) and the other be y.

If the rope is cut into two pieces and 24ft long, then;

x+y = 24.......... 1

If one piece is half the length of the other, then x = y/2..... 2

substitute equation 2 into 1

y/2 + y = 24

take the LCM

y+2y/2 = 24

3y/2 = 24

cross multiply

3y = 48

Divide both sides by 3;

3y/3 = 48/3

y = 16 feet

Since x = y/2

x = 16/2

x = 8 feet

Based on the calculation above, I can conclude that;

- The student stated solution is correct (lengths of 16 feet and 8 feet)

- The way the variable is defined, and because x=16, the longer piece of rope would be 32 feet, which is not possible.

- Based on the way the variable is defined, the equation should be x + 2x = 24.

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4 years ago

A farmer in China discovers a mammal hide that contains 37% of its original amount of C-14. Find the age of the mammal hide to t

Naya [18.7K]

Answer: 54678 years

Step-by-step explanation:

This can be solved by the following equation:

$N_{t}=N_{o}e^{-\lambda t}$ (1)

Where:

$N_{t}=54\%=0.54$ is the quantity of atoms of carbon-14 left after time $t$

$N_{o}=1$ is the initial quantity of atoms of C-14 in the mammal hide

$\lambda$ is the rate constant for carbon-14 radioactive decay

$t$ is the time elapsed

On the other hand, $\lambda$ has a relation with the half life $h$ of the C-14, which is $5730 years$ :

$\lambda=\frac{ln(2)}{h}=\frac{ln(2)}{5730 years}=1.21(10)^{-4} years^{-1}=0.000121 years^{-1}$ (2)

Substituting (2) in (1):

$0.54=1e^{-(0.000121 years^{-1}) t}$ (3)

Applying natural logarithm on both sides of the equation:

$ln(0.54)=ln(1e^{-(0.000121 years^{-1}) t})$ (4)

$-0.616=-(0.000121 years^{-1}) t$ (5)

Isolating $t$ :

$t=\frac{-0.616}{-0.000121 years^{-1}}$ (6)

$t=54677.68 years \approx 54678 years$ (7) This is the age of the mammal hide

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3 years ago

Give the numerical value of the parameter p in the following binomial distribution scenarioA softball pitcher has a 0.721 probab

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Answer:

$P(X>15)= P(X=16)+P(X=17)+P(X=18)+P(X=19)$

$P(X=16)=(19C16)(0.721)^{16} (1-0.721)^{19-16}=0.112$

$P(X=17)=(19C17)(0.721)^{17} (1-0.721)^{19-17}=0.051$

$P(X=18)=(19C18)(0.721)^{18} (1-0.721)^{19-18}=0.015$

$P(X=19)=(19C19)(0.721)^{19} (1-0.721)^{19-19}=0.002$

And replacing we got:

$P(X>15)= P(X=16)+P(X=17)+P(X=18)+P(X=19) =0.112+0.051+0.015+0.002= 0.1801$

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