The ratio 9:7 gives you following statement:
- Carl will win in 9 cases from 9+7=16;
- Carl will lose in 7 cases from 16.
Then the probability that Carl will lose is
Answer:
The equation you can use to relate L to D uses the information in the first part of the problem. First, if we just add 4 miles every day (ignoring the other piece), the length of the road would be 4 times the number of days, or L = 4D. But since we started with 57 miles built, we have to add that in order to get the total length, so the equation would be:
L = 4D + 57
You can use this question to find any value of L or D if you know one of them. According to the questoin, we know the crew worked 34 days (or D). So if you plug in 34 for D you'll get:
L = 4(34) + 57 ->
L = 136 + 57 ->
L = 193
