6 + 4 ÷ 2
The "order of operations" (which you learned a long time ago
if you're in high school now) says that division should be done
before addition.
So do the division: 4 ÷ 2 = 2
Now you have 6 + 2
Now do the addition: 6 + 2 = 8 .
This is a simple proportion problem. On the left side of the colon : there's a 1 and xy. On the right it's yz and a 2. This means for every one xy there will be two yz. So, if there are 2 xy there are 4 yz
The top of the flag pole touched the ground 12 feet from the base.
Since it cracked 9 feet from the base, 9 is the vertical leg of the right triangle formed. The rest of the flagpole, 24-9=15, is the hypotenuse, as it is slanted down to the ground. The missing side is the horizontal leg, which we will call b:
9²+b²=15²
81+b²=225
Subtract 81 from both sides:
81+b²-81=225-81
b²=144
Take the square root of both sides:
√b²=√144
b=12
When you subtract an integer from an integer you add it Ex: -30-40=-70
