You could either:
a) Use the Pythagorean Theorem
b) Use Sine/Cosine/Tangent Inverse to find one of the angles, and then use that angle to find x.
2xy + 5 - 8 + 3xy - y +7 + 3y = 5xy - 8 + 2y + 12
One lap. Usually, it would take 4 laps to walk a mile, but since its 1/4 it equals One lap.
The unit rate here is 2 pounds of trash in an hour. If two pounds of trash are picked up in an hour, we can multiply that by 3 and get that there will be 6 pounds picked up in 3 hours.
20x-28+12=16x+24 (i distributed the 4 to get this)
20x-16=16x+24 (added -28 & 12)
4x=40 (Subtracted 16x from both sides and added 16 to both sides)
(divide by 4 on both sides)
x=10
