Answer:
Answer:
Do you recognize this formula?
This happens to be the formula for simple interest, where I = simple interest, P = principal, R = annual percentage rate, and T = time in years.
In this problem we need to solve for P. This means we need to get P on one side and EVERYTHING ELSE on the other side using inverse operations.
Let's solve this formula for P:
Answer:
Since we are looking for the side of a right triangle, we can use the Pythagorean formula:
The variables in this formula represent the following:
a and b = legs
of the right triangle
c = hypotenuse of the right triangle
In this problem,
a = ? = this is the variable we are looking
for
b = 4
c = 5
Plugging the values into the formula we get:
FINAL ANSWER:
The distance from the ramp's contact point with the ground and the
base of the platform is 3.
Answer:
Since we are needing to find the volume of a cylinder, we can use this formula:
The variables in this formula represent the following:
V = volume of a cylinder
r = radius
h = height
In this problem,
V = ? = this is the variable we are looking
for
r = 3
h = 4
Plugging the values into the formula we get:
First, find the volume of a cylinder:
Each cylinder has a volume of 36cubic feet or approximately 113.04 cubic feet. If there are three of them, then we need to multiply this volume by 3.
The total volume for three cylinders is 108cubic
feet or approximately 339.12 cubic feet.
Answer:
Basically we need an angle that when we add it to 47 we get 90.
Let's set it up and solve it algebraically, letting x be the missing angle and see what we get:
The complimentary angle to 47 degrees is 43 degrees.
Answer:
Basically we need an angle that when we add it to 47 we get 180.
Let's set it up and solve it algebraically, letting x be the missing angle and see what we get:
The supplementary angle to 47 degrees is 133 degrees.
If B = 70, C = 55, and D = 25, what is the measure of H?
If AD = 25, EF = 35, and BC = 12, what is the length of EH?
Answer:
Since H corresponds
with D and the
figures are congruent, then H
= D = 25 degrees.
Since side EH corresponds to side AD and the figures are congruent, then
side EH = side AD = 25.
If B = 60, C = 50, and D = 45, what is the measure of G?
If AD = 25, EH = 50, and BC = 10, what is the length of FG?
Answer:
Since G corresponds
to C and the
figures are similar, then G
= C = 50.
Since side FG corresponds to side BC and the figures are similar to each other, then FG and BC are in proportion to each other. Similarly, EH and AD are in proportion to each other.
When setting up the proportion, make sure that you set it up the same on both sides.
FG = 20
Answer:
Since 2 and 7
are alternate exterior angles and the two lines are parallel, then 2
= 7 = 75 degrees.
Answer:
Since 3 and 6
are alternate interior angles and the two lines are parallel, then 3
= 6 = 75 degrees.
Answer:
Since 1 and 5
are corresponding angles and the two lines are parallel, then 1
= 5 = 105 degrees.
Answer:
Since 4 and 6 are not alternate exterior, alternate interior or corresponding angles, they are not guaranteed to be equal.
However, since 3 and 4 make a straight angle (180 degrees) and 3 and 6 are alternate interior angles (which means they are equal), we can find the measure of 4.
4 = 105 degrees.
Find the mean, median, and mode of the points he scored in a game.
Answer:
The mean is the average of the scores.
So we need to sum up all of the points and then divide by 5, since there are 5 games:
The mean is 12.
The median is the middle value.
We need to list the numbers in numeric order:
6, 12, 12, 12, 18
Our median is going to be 12 (the second 6 listed). That number has two values above it and two below it, so it is the middle value.
12 is the median.
The mode is the value that occurs the most often.
It helps to list the numbers in order to find the mode.
6, 12, 12, 12,
18
12 occurs three times, which is the most.
12 is the mode.
Answer:
The student would have to score a 68 on the next test to have a mean
of 70.
Answer:
My first inclination is to see if there is some pattern in addition. Well, we are not adding the same number each time to get to the next number. But, it looks like we have 1 +2, 3 +4, 7 +6, 13 +8, 21, .... I see a pattern in addition - do you see it? We are always adding the next even number.
The pattern is to add the next even number. The next three
terms would have to be 31, 43, and 57, since 21+10
= 31, 31 +12 = 43,
43 +14 = 57.
Answer:
When you see a big jump in numbers all of the sudden - we start small
with 1, 5, and 25 then all of the sudden we are at 125 - a good place
to start is multiplication or exponents. It is not a 100% rule, but
it gives you a starting place. It looks like we have 1 (5),
5 (5), 25 (5),
125,...There is a pattern in multiplication, we are always multiplying
by 5.
The pattern is to multiply the previous number by 5. The
next three terms would have to be 625, 3125, 15625, since 125(5) = 625, 625(5) = 3125, and 3125(5) = 15625.
Use the statements below to answer the question that follows.
A. Sara and Jill eat lunch with the manager.
B. Trudy and Karen carpool with the secretary.
C. Sara likes to work out with the engineer and the secretary.
Who is the secretary?
Answer:
You can use a process of elimination on this problem. Statement A, Sara and Jill eat lunch with the manager, doesn't let us definitively eliminate anyone from being the secretary.
However, statement B, Trudy and Karen carpool with the secretary, eliminates Trudy and Karen from being the secretary.
Statement C, Sara likes to work out with the engineer and the secretary, eliminates Sara.
The only one that could be (100%, without a doubt) the secretary
is Jill.
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