Answer:
The length = 56 feet and the width = 17 feet.
Step-by-step explanation:
We can set up 2 equations to solve this. Let the length of the rug be x, then
x = 3w + 5 where w = the width. ( looks like you got the width and the length mixed up. The length is the longest side)
The perimeter = 2x + 2w = 146 so we have the 2 equations:
x = 3w + 5
2x + 2w = 146
Now we substitute for x in the second equation:
2(3w + 5) + 2w = 146
6w + 10 + 2w = 146
8w = 136
w = 17 feet,
and x = 3(17) + 5 = 56 feet.
Answer:
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Answer:
a = 0.25
Step-by-step explanation:
Our strategy to solve this problem will be to use the information given in the table to obtain first the value of c in the quadratic equation which has the form ax^2 + bx + c and then form a system of 2 linear equations and solve for the coefficients a and b as follow:
from x=0 and y=-3 a*0 + b* 0 + c = - 3
c = -3
from x=1 and y= -3.75
a*(1) + *(1) + (-3) = -3.75
a + b = -3.75 + 3 = -0.75
from x= 2 and y = -4
a* (2)^2 + b*(2) + (-3) = -4
4a + 2b = -4 +1
4a + 2b = -1
Now we can solve the system f equations by elimination:
a + b = -0.75
4a + 2b = -1
multiply first equation by -2 and add to the second and get
-2a - 2b = +1.50
4a + 2b = -1
2a = 0.50 and substituting into any of the equations get b = -1
so the quadratic equation has a= 0.25 b= -1 c= -3
we can even plug the any of the other values for x given in the table and check the answer.
