Answer:
x = 4 ; y = 8
Step-by-step explanation:
we can use a system of two equation
x+1 = y-3
y-5 = 2x-5
we can find x in the first equation
x = y -4
we can now substitute x with this value in the second equation
y-5 = 2(y-4)-5
y = 2y-8
y = 8
we can now find x
x = 8-4 = 4
verify
2(4)-5 = 3
8-5 = 3
8-3 = 5
4 + 1 = 5
If you would like to know who is the tallest, you can calculate this using the following steps:
Jackie ... j
Samuel: 5/8 inch + j = 5/8 + j = 0.625 + j
Shelly: 0.7 inch + j = 0.7 + j
Craig: 1/2 inch + j = 1/2 + j = 0.5 + j
The correct result would be: Shelly is the tallest.
I'm not sure how to do this manually but if you plug in 7/12 in a scientific calculator and then press sin -1 you'll get approximately 35.685
