If you don't double check your answers by substituting them back into the original equation, you may be introducing extraneous solutions into the problem which is why you should always check to confirm your answer is accurate. I hope this helps! :)
So what I did was as $32.50 twice and got $65.00 and subtracted it with $212.50 and got $152.50. Hope i was helpful!
Let's call the lengths of our two types of sides <em />

and

.
The two sides will that our 1.3 inches bigger than the third side will be have length x, and the length of the other side will be known as y. Thus,

.
Considering this, we can add our sides together and set this value equal to 8, given the information in the problem:

Now, let's solve for y.



Now, we are not done yet. We must determine the true lengths of all of our sides. Using the equation we found earlier, the length of the two bigger sides is

inches and the length of our smaller side is simply

inches.
To verify, we can add these sides together and check that they equal 8:
3.1 + 3.1 + 1.8 = 8 ✔
Answer:
There are 16 yellow houses in the neighborhood.
Step-by-step explanation:
We have that:
2/5 = 40% of the houses are painted yellow
1 - 2/5 = 3/5 = 60% of the houses are not painted yellow
If there are 24 houses that are not painted yellow, how many yellow houses are in the neighborhood?
The first step is finding the total number of houses in the neighborhood.
We have that 24 are not painted yellow, and this is 60%(0.6 decimal). How much is 100%?
We solve a rule of three
24 houses - 0.6
x houses - 1



There are 40 houses. Of those, 40% are painted yellow.
0.4*40 = 16.
There are 16 yellow houses in the neighborhood.