Answer:
- 2 < x < 16
- 3 < x < 19
- 14 < x < 18
- 4 < x < 16
- 13 < x < 47
- 0 < x < 10
- 1 < x < 7
Step-by-step explanation:
The minimum third side is the difference of the given sides; the maximum third side is their sum.
If you like, you can have a spreadsheet calculate these for you. That seems like more work than just doing them in your head.
Answer:
all work is shown and pictured
Get it to equal 0
minus 17x from both sides
2x²-17x+35=0
tricky part
get something like
(2x-a)(x-b)
we know the signs are negative since the middle term is negative and last term is positive
so a and b are either 1 and 35 or 5 and 7
(2x-1)(x-35), nope
(2x-35)(x-1) nope
(2x-5)(x-7), nope
(2x-7)(x-5), yep
(2x-7)(x-5)=0
set to zero
2x-7=0
2x=7
x=7/2
x-5=0
x=5
x=7/2 and 5
Since 20 total gallons are needed, the amount of 10% solutions can be x and the amount of 20% solutions can be (20-x) since they add up to 20. In addition, the 17% solution has 20 gallons. Putting this into an equation, we get that 10% is 0.1 (by moving the decimal 2 spots to the left) , 0.2=20%, and 0.17=17%. With that information, we can determine that 10%*x+20%*(20-x)=20*0.17 due to that with 20 gallons of the 27% solution, we need a certain amount of solution. For every gallon, we add 0.17 of the solution, so we have 20*0.17. Similarly, we want that total amount to be represented by the amount of 20% + the amount of 10%.
0.1x+0.2(20-x)=0.1x+4-0.2x=-0.1x+4 using the distributive property
-0.1x+4=20*0.17=3.4. Subtract 4 from both sides to get -0.1x=-0.6, and multiply both sides by -10 (to separate x) to get x=6. Therefore, the amount of 10% solution is 6 gallons and the amount of 20% solution is 20-5=14 gallons
