Paloma evaluated the expression 1 3/4 − 5/8. What is a way she can check her work?
1 answer:
9514 1404 393
Answer:
add the subtrahend to the difference
Step-by-step explanation:
The usual way to check a subtraction problem is to add the subtrahend to the difference to see if you get the minuend as a result.
Paloma can add 5/8 to her result to see if she gets 1 3/4.
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She can also perform the subtraction using decimal fractions to see if she gets the same result.
1.750 -0.625 = 1.125
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Given the sequence:
6, 10, 14, 18,...
We will find the 75th term
The given sequence is an arithmetic sequence
Because there is a constant common differnce
d = 18 - 14 = 14 - 10 = 10 - 6 = 4
The first term = a = 6
The general formula of the arithmetic sequence is as follows:
Where: n is the nth term
To find the 75th term, substitute with n = 75 and a = 6, d = 4
So, the answer will be the 75th term = 302
Hi there!
<u><em>FACTS</em></u><em> :</em>
<em>To see if multiple ratios are proportional, you can write them as fractions, reduce them, and compare them. If the reduced fractions are all the same, then you have proportionnal ratios. You can also write them as fractions and divide the numerator (top number) by its denominator (bottom number), and compare the decimal numbers the same way you would compare the fractions (I personnaly find this method easier because you don't need to simplify the fractions).</em>
<u>STEPS TO ANSWER:</u>
x = 1 ; y = 90 → 1 ÷ 90 = <u>0.01111111...</u>
x = 2 ; y = 150 → 2 ÷ 150 = <u>0.0133333...</u>
x = 3 ; y = 210 → 3 ÷ 210 = <u>0.01428571</u>
x = 4 ; y = 270 → 4 ÷ 270 = <u>0.0148148...</u>
x = 5 ; y = 330 → 5 ÷ 330 = <u>0.01515152</u>
<em>** You didn't really need to calculate them all because even the first two decimal numbers weren't equivalent, but I wanted to show you the whole process so I calculated them all.</em>
⇒ If you compare all the decimals you got, you can easily see that they are not the same, which means that the ratios between the values of "x" and the values of "y" are not proportional. Therefore, George's reasoning wasn't good.
There you go! I really hope this helped, if there's anything just let me know! :)