Step-by-step explanation:
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Answer:
x = - 1 and x = 5
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
(x - 3)² + 2(x - 3) - 8 = 0
Let u = x - 3, then
u² + 2u - 8 = 0 ← solve for u
(u + 4)(u - 2) = 0 ← in factored form
Equate each factor to zero and solve for u
u + 4 = 0 ⇒ u = - 4
u - 2 = 0 ⇒ u = 2
Convert back to x, that is
x - 3 = - 4 ( add 3 to both sides ) ⇒ x = - 1
x - 3 = 2 ( add 3 to both sides ) ⇒ x = 5
Let’s put these into one fraction each:
Biking:
= (12*5)/8 miles
= 60/8 miles
This can be reduced to,
= 15/2 miles
Swimming:
= (5*2)/3 miles
= 10/3 miles
Running:
= (6*3)/8 miles
= 18/8 miles
This can be reduced to,
= 9/4
Now we add all the distances up:
= (15/2) + (10/3) + (9/4)
Now we just can add the numerators and the denominators. We must find the lowest common factor (LCF) for our 3 denominators (2,3,4). Our LCF turns out to be 12. *Remember what we do to the denominator we must do to the numerator. So:
= (15/2) + (10/3) + (9/4)
= [(15*6)/12] + [(10*4)/12] + [(9*3)/12]
= (90/12) + (40/12) + (27/12)
= (157/12)
Therefore Aaron Ran 157/12 miles or 13.08 miles.
Hope this helps!
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Answer: 155 inches</h3>
This is equivalent to approximately 12.917 feet.
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Work Shown:
(10 inches)/(2 days) = (x inches)/(31 days)
10/2 = x/31
10*31 = 2*x ... cross multiply
310 = 2x
2x = 310
x = 310/2
x = 155
Keep in mind that this water is being drained on a fairly continuous basis. This means that not all of the water is sticking around (we'd hope not anyway) at the same moment in time.
Note: 155 inches = 155/12 = 12.917 feet approximately.
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Alternative method:
If the town got 10 inches in 2 days, this means it rains at a unit rate of 10/2 = 5 inches per day.
Multiply that by 31 days and we get 5*31 = 155 inches of total rain.
