Answer:13.5
Step-by-step explanation:
the answer is 13.5
Let's use J for James's age and A for Austin's age. The equations are:
J = A - 4
3J + A² = 28
Just plug (A - 4) in the place of J in the second equation. This gives you:
3(A - 4) + A² = 28
-->
A² + 3A - 12 = 28
-->
A² + 3A - 40 = 0
-->
(A - 5)(A + 8) = 0
-->
A = 5 or -8
-8 is nonsense, so Austin is 5 years old. Therefore, James is 1 year old.
Answer:
142 pages
Step-by-step explanation:
The parameters given are
First page of part of the book available = 143
The last is numbered with the digits 143
Since the book is said to have been split into two parts with, we have that one part of the book starts from the beginning, while the other part continue from the first part stops
Number on the pages on the first part = from 1 to number on the first page on the second part - 1
Hence, the part of the book available is the second part and the number of pages in the first part = 1 to 142 or 142 pages.
<u>Answer:</u>
x = 4 (extraneous solution)
<u>Step-by-step explanation:</u>
This solution is extraneous. Reason being that even if it can be solved algebraically, it is still not a valid solution because if we substitute back 
, we will get two fractions with zero denominator which would be undefined.
