i’m doing big ideas too smh. you will keep change flip. and change them to an improper fraction.
so improper fraction times (flipped) other fraction
If you add 7+7 you will get 14
So first let’s combine like terms and add 4/9x and 1/5x together to get 29/45x =58. Next, multiply 58 by 45/29 to isolate x, so x=90
When one number is negative and the other is positive.
To solve this problem, let us first assign some
variables. Let us say that:
x = pigs
y = chickens
z = ducks
From the problem statement, we can formulate the
following equations:
1. y + z = 30 --->
only chicken and ducks have feathers
2. 4 x + 2 y + 2 z = 120 --->
pig has 4 feet, while chicken and duck has 2 each
3. 2 x + 2 y + 2 z = 90 --->
each animal has 2 eyes only
Rewriting equation 1 in terms of y:
y = 30 – z
Plugging this in equation 2:
4 x + 2 (30 – z) + 2 z = 120
4 x + 60 – 2z + 2z = 120
4 x = 120 – 60
4 x = 60
x = 15
From the given choices, only one choice has 15 pigs. Therefore
the answers are:
She has 15 pigs, 12 chickens, and 18 ducks.
