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2 years ago

Find the slope of the line through the points (-4,6) and (8,4).

Mathematics

2 answers:

NikAS [45]2 years ago

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The formula of a slope:

$m=\dfrac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

We have the points (-4, 6) and (8, 4). Substitute:

$m=\dfrac{4-6}{8-(-4)}=\dfrac{-2}{12}=\boxed{-\dfrac{1}{6}}\to\boxed{B.)}$

valentinak56 [21]2 years ago

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Answer:

B) -1/6

Step-by-step explanation:

y₂ - y₁ / x₂ - x₁

4-6 /8-(-4) = -2/12 = -1/6

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taurus [48]

Part 1: The speed of the boat traveling downstream is $(18+w)$ miles per hr.

The speed of the boat traveling upstream is $(18-w)$ miles per hr.

Part 2: The speed of the current is 4 miles per hour.

Explanation:

Part (1): The motorboat travels 18 miles per hour in still.

Let w represents the speed of the current.

When the boat travels downstream, the speed of the current will get added to the speed of the boat.

Thus, the expression can be written as $(18+w)$ miles per hr

Hence, the speed of the boat traveling downstream is $(18+w)$ miles per hr.

When the boat travels upstream, the speed of the current will get subtracted to the speed of the boat.

Thus, the expression can be written as $(18-w)$ miles per hr.

Hence, the speed of the boat traveling upstream is $(18-w)$ miles per hr.

Part (2): The boat travels 49 miles upstream in the same time it takes to travel 77 miles downstream.

The distance formula is given by $distance $=$ speed $\times$ time$

Substituting, we have,

$49=(18-w)t\\49=18t-wt$ ---------------(1)

$77=(18+w)t\\77=18t+wt$ ---------------(2)

Solving using elimination method,

$49=18 t-w t\\77=18 t+w t\\-------\\126=36t$

Dividing both sides by 36, we have,

$t=3.5$

Substituting $t=3.5$ in $49=18 t-w t$ , we get,

$49=18(3.5)-w (3.5)\\$

$49=63-3.5w\\$

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$4=w$

Thus, the speed of the current is $w=4$ miles per hour.

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2 years ago

Brenda is rolling a six-sided die and flipping a coin. Complete each of the following sentences regarding the probabilities invo

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So for number there are 6 possible outcomes nad 5 is one of them so 1/6
He next one there are 2 outcomes and heads is 1 outcome so 1/2
For the next one you have to multiply them together so you get 1/12
And the events are independent because whatever you roll on the die won’t affect the coin(it actually does on a very small scale but I don’t think you go into that much detail for high school maths)

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2 years ago

Two boats leave port at noon. Boat 1 sails due east at 12 knots. Boat 2 sails due south at 8 knots. At 2 pm the wind diminishes

Ivan

Answer:

14.86 knots.

Step-by-step explanation:

<em>Given that:</em>

The boats leave the port at noon.

Speed of boat 1 = 12 knots due east

Speed of boat 2 = 8 knots due south

At 2 pm:

Distance traveled by boat 1 = 24 units due east

Distance traveled by boat 2 = 16 units due south

Now, speed of boat 1 changes to 9 knots:

At 3 pm:

Distance traveled by boat 1 = 24 + 9= 33 units due east

Distance traveled by boat 2 = 16+8 = 24 units due south

Now, speed of boat 1 changes to 8+7 = 15 knots

At 5 pm:

Distance traveled by boat 1 = 33 + 2 $\times$ 9= 51 units due east

Distance traveled by boat 2 = 24 + 2 $\times$ 15 = 54 units due south

Now, the situation of distance traveled can be seen by the attached right angled $\triangle AOB$ .

O is the port and A is the location of boat 1

B is the location of boat 2.

Using pythagorean theorem:

$\text{Hypotenuse}^{2} = \text{Base}^{2} + \text{Perpendicular}^{2}\\\Rightarrow AB^{2} = OA^{2} + OB^{2}\\\Rightarrow AB^{2} = 51^{2} + 54^{2}\\\Rightarrow AB^{2} = 2601+ 2916 = 5517\\\Rightarrow AB = 74.28\ units$