The difference of a number and 6 is the same as 5 times the sum of the number and 2. What is the number?
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Answer:
The area of the smallest section is
The area of the largest section is
The area of the remaining section is
Step-by-step explanation:
Please see the picture below.
1. First we are going to name the side of the larger square as x.
As the third section shares a side with the larger square and the four sides of a square are equal, we have the following:
- Area of the first section:
- Area of the second section:
(Eq.1)
- Area of the third section:
(Eq.2)
2. The problem says that the total area of the enclosed field is 975 square yards, and looking at the picture below, we have:
Replacing values:
Solving for x:
3. Replacing the value of x in Eq.1 and Eq.2:
- From Eq.1:
- From Eq.2:
