To find the perfect square needed, you take the "middle" value and half it, then square it. so in this case, take -6, half it into 3, and square it to get 9. you'll be adding 9 to both sides
Answer with factoring: 2(3y+4)
Answer with simplifying: 6y+8
Let's say the cost of student tickets is x and the cost of adult tickets is y. Then:
(1) 12y + 6x = 138
(2) 5y + 11x = 100
If we rearrange equation (1) we get:
12y = 138 - 6x
Now divide each side by 12:
y = 11.5 - 0.5x
We can now substitute this into equation (2):
5(11.5 - 0.5x) + 11x = 100
57.5 - 2.5x + 11x = 100
8.5x = 42.5
x = 5, therefor the cost of a student ticket is $5.00
Sarah starts with 3 fish
in 1 month she will have 6 fish
after 2 months she will have 12
in 3 months she will have 24
