Answer:
x = 5
Step-by-step explanation:
The corresponding segments are proportional, so you can write any of several equations relating the different segment lengths. Here's one way:
top segment/bottom segment = x/(x+5) = (x-2)/(x+1)
Multiply by the product of denominators:
(x +1)x = (x +5)(x -2)
x² +x = x² +3x -10 . . . . . eliminate parentheses
10 = 2x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . add 10 -x -x² to both sides of the equation
5 = x . . . . . divide by 2
The mean is the average of the numbers. It is easy to calculate: add up all the numbers, then divide by how many numbers there are. In other words it is the sum divided by the count.
Answer:
134 children and 120 adult plates were served
Step-by-step explanation:
let the children mean be x
Let the adult meal be y
If fourteen less children’s meals were served than adult meals at a barbecue, then;
y = x - 14 .... 1
IF Children plate were 1.50 each and adult plates were 2.00 each with a total of 441 in amount then;
1.5x + 2y = 441 .... 2
Substitute 1 into 2;
1.5x + 2(x-14) = 441
1.5x+2x-28 = 441
3.5x = 441+28
3.5x = 469
x = 469/3.5
x = 134
Recall that y = x - 14
y = 134-14
y = 120
Hence 134 children and 120 adult plates were served
Answer:
3 milkshakes and 3 sundaes
Step-by-step explanation:
3 * 5 = $15 + 3 * 2 = $21
28/81 is less than 7/9
28/81 is less than 4/9
The common denominator is 81, so you say 9 can go into 81 nine times, so you multiply 9 by the numerator, so 7/9 is now 63/81 an 4/9 is now 36/81
