Answer:
Take the square root of the constant (number w/o the variable) and then multiply that by 2.
Step-by-step explanation:
A perfect square trinomial is something like this: 
If I have 6x, and I want to find the last term I would take half a six and then square it to get 9.
SO.... To get the middle term of a perfect square trinomial, you would need to do the reverse.. So...
1) Take the square root of the constant...
2) Multiply that by 2
88.23%
Simply plug 15/17 into you calculator
and it will give you a decimal, in this case it should be .88235294...
simply move the decimal back to placements and you should have
88.235294... thats still a lot of numbers so just reduce it to 2 places after the decimal and add a percent sign
88.23%
and your done :) this works for any similar problems
I hope this helps
Answer:
see below
Step-by-step explanation:
butterfly = x minutes
breast = y minutes
total is 50 minutes
breast stroke = butterfly +20
Part A
x+y = 50
y = x+20
Part B
Substitute the second equation into the first
x+ (x+20) = 50
2x+20 = 50
2x+20-20 = 50-20
2x = 30
2x/2 = 30/2
x = 15
y = x+20
y = 20+15
y = 35 minutes
35 minutes on the breast stroke
Part C
45 minutes on the butterfly is not reasonable
We only have a total of 50 minutes
50-45 = 5
But he spend more time on the breast stroke ( 20 minutes more), but if he spend 45 minutes on the butterfly, he would have to spend less on the breast stroke.
2/3x + 4 = 7
-4 -4
4 cancels out.
2/3x = 3
x 3 x3
6/3 = 2x = 9
/2 /2
2 cancels out.
x = 9/2 = 4.5
