Answer:
61.5 Feet of Rope
Step-by-step explanation:
Divide the rope length, 861 feet, by 14 people.
-0.4a = 7 - 3
-0.4a = 4
a = -10
In matrix form, the system is

First find the eigenvalues of the coefficient matrix (call it
).


Find the corresponding eigenvector for each eigenvalue:



Then the system has general solution

or

Given that
and
, we have

so that the system has particular solution

Answer:
Kevin need 14.14 feet of red tape
Step-by-step explanation:
Given: (Figure Attached)
Area of Square = 25 square feet
As we know
Area of square = length x width = a x a = 25
a * a = 25
a = ±5 by taking square root both sides
It means a = 5 as the length can not be negative
Now we know the length of sides of square and as shown in figure we can break the figure in two triangles,
By using Pythagoras theorem on one triangle we will find the length of one line of x and then multiply the x with 2 to get the overall feet of tape.
=
= 

x = ± 7.07 It means x = 7.07
Now the total tape required is 2 * x = 2*7.07 = 14.14