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Use a proportion to find how many seconds are needed to fold 5 shirts.
We are given that he takes 28 seconds to fold 2 shirts:
28 sec : 2 shirts
We are not given the amount of time needed for 5 shirts, which we need to solve:
x seconds : 5 shirts
Express in a fraction:
Cross multiply and simplify:
Therefore, he needs 70 seconds to fold 5 shirts.
Answer: 13x - 14
Step-by-step explanation:
3x + 10x - 14
13x -14
A. He eats 1/8 a pound of candy each day.
B. It would take him a total of 8 days to eat a pound of candy.
A. Since he ate 10 ounces in 5 days, you divide 10 by 5 to find he ate 2 ounces per day. Since there are 16 ounces in a pound that would be your denominator (bottom of fraction) and 2 would be the numerator (top of your fraction). You will get 2/16 which if you simplify (divide by 2) you get 1/8.
B. Knowing that there are 16 ounces per pound and he ate 1/8 pound ( 2/16 pound or 2 ounces) a day, you can either look at the simplified denominator to get the answer, or, divide 16 by 2 to get your answer.
I hope this helps!
1/2 z = -3/4 + 1/4 z
1/2 z - 1/4 z = -3/4
1/4 z = -3/4
z = (-3/4)/(1/4)
z = -3/4 x 4/1
z = -3
