Answer:
height = 12 cm
base length = 4 cm
Step-by-step explanation:
area of a triangle
base length × height / 2
x = height
y = base length
x = y + 8
24 = y × (y + 8) / 2
48 = y × (y + 8) = y² + 8y
squared equation
y² + 8y - 48 = 0
solution
y = (-b ± sqrt(b² - 4ac))/(2a)
a = 1
b = 8
c = -48
y = (-8 ± sqrt(64 - 4×-48))/2 = (-8 ± sqrt(64 + 192))/2 =
= (-8 ± sqrt(256))/2 = (-8 ± 16)/2 = -4 ± 8
y1 = -4 + 8 = 4 cm
y2 = -4 - 8 = -12
but a negative base length did not make any sense, so only y = 4 remains.
x = y + 8 = 4 + 8 = 12 cm
We have $8.50 an hour gross minus $2.15 an hour tax and bennys. Then $3.75 daily expense. In one week our net take-away y after x hours is
y = x(8.50 - 2.15) - 5(3.75)
That's the answer, or we can simplify it to
Answer: y = 6.35 x - 18.75
Answer: The slope, 6.35, is the net dollars per hour <em>before weekly expenses.</em>
Answer: The y intercept, -18.75, is the weekly expense, negative because it's an expense.
To make $120 in a week, we solve for x where y=120
120 = 6.35x - 18.75
138.75 = 6.35 x
x = 138.75 / 6.35 = 21.8503937007874
That wasn't the nice round number I was expecting/hoping for. I don't see a mistake so let's go with
Answer: 21.85 hours to make $120
