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Alex is 12 years older than George. Carl is Three times older than Alex The sum of their ages is 68 Find the ratio of George’s a

earnstyle [38]

Ratio of George’s age to Carl’s age to Alex’s age is 1 : 12 : 4

Solution:

Let "a" be the age of Alex

Let "g" be the age of George

Let "c" be the age of Carl

Alex is 12 years older than George

Therefore,

Age of Alex = 12 + Age of George

a = 12 + g

g = a - 12 ---- eqn 1

Carl is Three times older than Alex

Age of Carl = 3 x Age of Alex

c = 3a -------- eqn 2

The sum of their ages is 68

age of Alex + age of George + age of Carl = 68

a + g + c = 68 ----------- eqn 3

Substitute eqn 1 and eqn 2 in eqn 3

a + a - 12 + 3a = 68

5a - 12 = 68

5a = 12 + 68

5a = 80

a = 16

Substitute a = 16 in eqn 2

c = 3(16) = 48

c = 48

Substitute a = 16 in eqn 1

g = 16 - 12 = 4

g = 4

Find the ratio of George’s age to Carl’s age to Alex’s age

Ratio of George’s age to Carl’s age to Alex’s age = g : c : a

g : c : a = 4 : 48 : 16

Divide the above ratio by 4 to reduce to lowest terms

g : c : a - 1 : 12 : 4

Thus ratio of George’s age to Carl’s age to Alex’s age is 1 : 12 : 4

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3 years ago

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inysia [295]

<h3>Answer: 14x - 8</h3>

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Explanation:

I'll use the quadratic formula to find the roots or x intercepts. This slight detour allows us to factor without having to use guess-and-check methods.

The equation is of the form ax^2+bx+c = 0

a = 12
b = -11
c = -5

This leads to...

$x = \frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}\\\\x = \frac{-(-11)\pm\sqrt{(-11)^2-4(12)(-5)}}{2(12)}\\\\x = \frac{11\pm\sqrt{361}}{24}\\\\x = \frac{11\pm19}{24}\\\\x = \frac{11+19}{24} \ \text{ or } \ x = \frac{11-19}{24}\\\\x = \frac{30}{24} \ \text{ or } \ x = \frac{-8}{24}\\\\x = \frac{5}{4} \ \text{ or } \ x = -\frac{1}{3}$

Now use those roots to form these steps

$x = \frac{5}{4} \ \text{ or } \ x = -\frac{1}{3}\\\\4x = 5 \ \text{ or } \ 3x = -1\\\\4x - 5 =0 \ \text{ or } \ 3x+1 = 0\\\\(4x-5)(3x+1) = 0$

Refer to the zero product property for more info.

Therefore, the original expression factors fully to (4x-5)(3x+1)

Use the FOIL rule to expand it out and you should get 12x^2-11x-5 again.

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We did that factoring so we could find the side lengths of the rectangle.

I'm using the fact that area = length*width

L = length = 4x-5
W = width = 3x+1

The order of length and width doesn't matter.

From here, we can then compute the perimeter of the rectangle

P = 2(L+W)

P = 2(4x-5+3x+1)

P = 2(7x-4)

P = 14x - 8

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2 years ago

Point b is the midpoint of ac-. if ab= 4x+2 and ac=10x-6, find the length of ac

Natasha2012 [34]

let's bear in mind that B is the midpoint and thus it cuts a segment into two equal halves.

$\bf \underset{\leftarrow \qquad \textit{\large 10x-6}\qquad \to }{\boxed{A}\stackrel{4x+2}{\rule[0.35em]{10em}{0.25pt}} B\stackrel{\underline{4x+2}}{\rule[0.35em]{10em}{0.25pt}\boxed{C}}} \\\\\\ AC=AB+BC\implies 10x-6=(4x+2)+(4x+2)\implies 10x-6=8x+4 \\\\\\ 2x-6=4\implies 2x=10\implies x=\cfrac{10}{2}\implies x= 5 \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ AC=(4x+2)+(4x+2)\implies AC=[4(5)+2]+[4(5)+2] \\\\\\ AC=22+22\implies AC=44$