What you wanna do here is use a calculator, as "e" in mathematics refers to the "e" on a calculator. The tricky part about this question is that the answer for the equation is the given percentage, NOT the value for "x". From there, plug in the multiple choice answers for "x" and see which one works!
In this case, A is the correct answer. B is absurdly large, so I omitted it immediately in the attached picture.
Answer:
⅓y
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's start with what we know:
Smaller canvas:
Length (
) = 3ft
Width (
) = 5ft
Larger canvas:
Length (
) = ?
Width (
) = 10ft
Since these are similar rectangles, we can cross-multiply to calculate the missing length. Here's that formula:
So let's plug it all in from above:
Now we cross multiply by multiplying the top-left by the bottom-right and vice versa:
Now divide each side by 5 to isolate
The 5s on the right cancel out, leaving us with:
So the length of the larger canvas is
6 ft
Answer:
the container is 1/4 full at 9:58 AM
Step-by-step explanation:
since the volume doubles every minute , the formula for calculating the volume V at any time t is
V(t)=V₀*2^-t , where t is in minutes back from 10 AM and V₀= container volume
thus for t=1 min (9:59 AM) the volume is V₁=V₀/2 (half of the initial one) , for t=2 (9:58 AM) is V₂=V₁/2=V₀/4 ...
therefore when the container is 1/4 full the volume is V=V₀/4 , thus replacing in the equation we obtain
V=V₀*2^-t
V₀/4 = V₀*2^-t
1/4 = 2^-t
appling logarithms
ln (1/4) = -t* ln 2
t = - ln (1/4)/ln 2 = ln 4 /ln 2 = 2*ln 2 / ln 2 = 2
thus t=2 min before 10 AM → 9:58 AM
therefore the container is 1/4 full at 9:58 AM
