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Surface-area/587618: find the area of a rhombus with a 45 degree angle and sides of 10 ft
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Answer 374165 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-16 00:13:54 (Show Source):
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Well, you know the formula for the area of a parellogram:
A = bh (Area = Base times the Height)
You know the base, 10. Draw the rhombus (any size will do, make it a convenient size). One of the bottom angles is 45 degrees, and the other is 135 degrees. Find the 45 degree angle (the acute, more closed angle). The base forms one side of that angle, and another side of the rhombus forms the other side of the angle. Where that other side of the rhombus goes up and touches the top of the rhombus, at that point draw an altitude down to the base. That will form a triangle, won't it? The Base, the other side of the 45 degree angle, and the altitude.
Now, you know the altitude forms a 90-degree angle with the base, right? So your triangle has an angle of 90, one of 45, and the one that is left must be 45, so they all total 180 degrees, as the angles in every triangle do.
So your triangle has two 45 degree angles. So it must be an isosceles triangle, right? It has two equal angles, and two equal sides, and the sides opposite those equal angles must be equal, right? So the two sides opposite those equal 45-degree angles are the altitude and the base. So the altitude and the base are equal, aren't they? And you already know the base is 10 feet. So the altitude must also be10 feet.
So the base is ten feet, and the altitude is 10 feet. A=bh. Can you take it from there?
Don't be afraid to go over this a few times until you see it clearly.


logarithm/587477: use change of base formula to solve 2^2x = 90
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Answer 374136 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-15 19:04:19 (Show Source):
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Solve 2x = 30.
If this equation had asked me to "Solve 2x = 32", it would have been easy, because I could have converted the 32 to 25, set the exponents equal, and solved for "x = 5". But 30 is not a power of 2, so I can't set powers equal to each other. I need some other method of getting at the x, because I can't solve with the equation with the variable floating up there above the 2; I need it back down on the ground where it belongs. And I'll have to use logarithms to get at it.
When dealing with equations, I can do whatever I like to the equation, as long as I do the same thing to both sides. And, to solve an equation, I have to get the variable by itself on one side of the "equals" sign; to isolate the variable, I have to "undo" whatever has been done to it.
In this case, the variable x has been put in the exponent. The backwards (technically, the "inverse") of exponentials are logarithms, so I'll need to undo the exponent by taking the log of both sides of the equation. This is useful to me because of the log rule that says that exponents inside a log can be turned into multipliers in front of the log:
logb(mn) = n · logb(m)
When I take the log of both sides of an equation, I can use any log I like (base-10 log, base-2 log, natural log, etc), but some are sometimes more useful than others. Since the base in the equation "2x = 30" is "2", I might try log-base-2:
log2(2x) = log2(30)
xlog2(2) = log2(30)
x(1) = log2(30)
x = log2(30)
But I can't evaluate this in my calculator unless I apply the change-of-base formula:
x = log2(30)
= ln(30)/ln(2)
What would happen if I just used the natural log in the first place?
2x = 30
ln(2x) = ln(30)
xln(2) = ln(30)
x = ln(30)/ln(2)
Either way, I get the same answer, but taking natural log in the first place was simpler and shorter.


Linear-equations/587480: 3/2m = m+7
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Answer 374135 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-15 19:04:02 (Show Source):
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3/2m=m+7
-m -m
.5m=7
7/.5=14
m=14


Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/587478: how do you turn 7.95 and 7.99 into a fraction?
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Answer 374134 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-15 18:58:29 (Show Source):
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7.95=159/20 and 7.99=799/100


test/587132: 3|x-2|=18
Solve for x
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Answer 373995 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 23:05:34 (Show Source):
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THERE IS 2 SOLUTION !!
3x-6=18 and 3x-6=-18
3x-6=18
+6 +6
3x=24
24/3=8
x=8
ok here 2nd solution
3x-6=-18
+6 +6
3x=-12
x=-4
so u will put ur answer as -4 and 8


Complex_Numbers/587131: 2x + 3> 13
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Answer 373994 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:52:28 (Show Source):
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2x+3>13
-3 -13
2x>10
divide everything by 2
2x/2=x 10/2=5
x>5


test/587130: 3|x-2|=18
How to do please show steps
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Answer 373993 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:49:49 (Show Source):
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THERE IS 2 SOLUTION
3x-9=18 and 3x-9=-18
hope you know how to solve these 2
when u put the answer u have to put both solution


Surface-area/587103: what are the side lengths of a rectangle whos perimeter is 66 and its area is 216

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Answer 373991 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:42:46 (Show Source):
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2L+2W=66
LxW=216

so start with 2L+2W=66 lets solve for W
2L+2W=66
-2L -2L
2W=66-2L
divide everything by 2
2w/2=w 66/2=33 -2L/2=-L
so new equation is w=33-L ok lets start on the 2nd equation
LxW=216
replace W with (33-L)
Lx(33-L)=216
-L^2+33L=216
so L=9
ok lets find W now
2(9)+2W=66
2W=48
W=24
L=9
24x9=216


Reduction-of-unit-multipliers/587117: how to find the slope of y+7=8x

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Answer 373990 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:32:29 (Show Source):
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y+7=8x
subtract 7
y+7=8x
-7 -7
y=8x-7
y=mx+b
slope=M
so 8 is the slope


Quadratic_Equations/587121: Solve:
1=3x^2+2x
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Answer 373989 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:30:23 (Show Source):
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x=1/3 check if its right
3(1/3)^2+2(1/3)


Reduction-of-unit-multipliers/587120: how to find the slope of 8y-x=48

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Answer 373988 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:28:30 (Show Source):
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8y-x=48
subtract -x
postive - negative= postive 48-(-x)=x+48
8y=x+48
divide everything by 8
8y/8=y, x/8=(1/8)x, 48/8=6
so the new equation is
y=(1/8)x+6
y=mx+b
M=slope
so (1/8) is the slope


test/587115: Hi I need help solving this. Please help!
Solve the quadratic equation:
25n^2=16
thank you
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Answer 373987 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:25:27 (Show Source):
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25n^2=16
x=4/5 or .8 check it if its right
25(.8)^2


Quadratic_Equations/587112: Solve:
3x^2=13x-4
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Answer 373986 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:22:15 (Show Source):
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3x^2=13x-14
x=2 and 1/3 check if its right 3(2+1/3)^2=13(2+1/3)-14


Linear-equations/587113: 3x+2 x=5
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Answer 373985 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:20:28 (Show Source):
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3x+2 x=5
3(5)+2= 17


Equations/587114: 5=x35 what does x equal
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Answer 373984 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:19:53 (Show Source):
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x=5 divde by 35
x=5/35


Numbers_Word_Problems/587047: The sum of 2 numbers is 40. When the greater number is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 5. Find the numbers.
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Answer 373983 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:16:51 (Show Source):
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first number=x 2nd number= y
The sum of 2 numbers is 40
so x+y=40
x/y = 4+5/y
x = 4y+5
x+y=40
4y+5+y=40
5y+5=40
5y=35
y=7
x=4y+5=4(7)+5=28+5=33
Answers: numbers are 33 and 7


Equations/587083: 8-12x=6*(1+x)

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Answer 373978 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 22:00:50 (Show Source):
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8-12x=6(1+x)
8-12x=6+6x
-6x -6x
8-18x=6
-8 -8
-18x=-2
divide -2 by -18
-2/-18=2/18
=1/9


Graphs/587085: How do you graph y=3/4x-2

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Answer 373977 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 21:58:25 (Show Source):
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make a graph go to your y-int wwhich is -2 so draw a point at (0,-2)
then go up 3 point go right 4 points because is 3/4


Equations/587099: 12.5 + .5y = .75x + 7
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Answer 373976 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 21:56:48 (Show Source):
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isnt there suppose to be 2 equations?
LOL IF THERE IS 3 VERABLES THEN THERE WILL BE 3 EQUATION


Proportions/587091: use the porportion x over z = 6 over 5. complete each statment x+z over z

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Answer 373975 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 21:54:19 (Show Source):
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x/z=6/5
x=6 z=5 lawl
x+z/z=(6+5)/5
=11/5


Systems-of-equations/587092: i need your help on y=5x+7 y=6x
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Answer 373974 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-14 21:51:34 (Show Source):
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y=6x so just replace y with (6x)
so 6x=5x+7
don't tell me u can't solve 6x=5x+7


Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/586663: -10n^2+35n=0

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Answer 373843 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2012-03-13 23:48:26 (Show Source):
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N=3.5
check it if its right -10(3.5)^2+35(3.5)


Numeric_Fractions/518749: The length of a rectangular field is 18m longer than the width. The field is enclosed with fencing and the divided into two parts with a fence parallel to the shorter sides. If 216m of fencing are required, what are the dimensions of the outside rectangle?
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Answer 345263 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2011-10-20 21:31:16 (Show Source):


Numbers_Word_Problems/515236: the difference of 2 positive numbers is 4 and the sum of their squares is 40
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Answer 343865 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2011-10-14 22:54:13 (Show Source):
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6-2=4
6^2+2^2=40


Travel_Word_Problems/515242: I was wondering how long it would take to walk 1,050 miles?
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Answer 343864 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2011-10-14 22:52:52 (Show Source):
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if you walk 5miles per hour
then it take 210 hours


Rectangles/514945: how do i do this problem, the length of a rectangle is 8 cm more than its width. The perimeter is 24 cm. Find the length and width of the rectangle

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Answer 343632 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2011-10-14 08:13:49 (Show Source):
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L=10
W=2
2(2)+2(10)=24
10-2=8


Pythagorean-theorem/514947: 1 1/2 miles long and 2 3/4 miles wide what is the area?
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Answer 343631 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2011-10-14 08:11:14 (Show Source):
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A=LxW
A=1 1/2 X 2 3/4
A=33/6


Travel_Word_Problems/514205: On a 600 mile road trip, two people drive the car. One person drives three times as long as the other. How many miles has the longer driver driven?
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Answer 343336 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2011-10-13 00:33:13 (Show Source):


Money_Word_Problems/514228: This year's salary, 60,000, is a 10% increase over last year's salary. What was last year's salary?
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Answer 343335 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2011-10-13 00:32:13 (Show Source):
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60000-6000=54000
60000(.1)=x
.1=10%


Mixture_Word_Problems/514225: A 90 pound mixture of two different types of nuts costs $370. If type A costs $3 a pound and type B costs $5 a pound, how many pounds of each type were used?
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Answer 343334 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2011-10-13 00:29:09 (Show Source):
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Type B : 50 pounds 50x5=250
Type A : 40 pounds 40x3=120
120+250=370$


Coordinate-system/514209: graphing linear equation using slope intercept form y=3x+4
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Answer 343333 by xdragonfight(116) About Me  on 2011-10-13 00:21:14 (Show Source):
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Y=3X+4 THE Y INTERCEPT(b)=(0,4)
NOW SET Y=0 & SOLVE FOR X
0=3X+4
3X=-4
X=-4/3 THUS THIS POINT IS (-4/3,0)
NOW PLOT THESE 2 POINTS & DRAW THE LINE THROUGH THEM WITH A SLOPE (m) OF 3.
[THIS IS THE RED LINE].

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Y=-3X-4 HAS A Y INTERCEPT OF (0,-4)
NOW SET Y=0 & SOLVE FOR X
0=-3X-4
-3X=4
X=4/-3 THUS THIS POINT IS (-4/3,0)
NOW PLOT THESE 2 POINTS AND DRAW A LINE THROUGH THEM WITH A SLOPE (m) OF -4/3
[THIS IS THE GREEN LINE]
(graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, of TWO functions y = 3x +4 and y = -3x -4).
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In contrast to the last problem that I posted about graphing straight lines, these two lines are given in SLOPE-INTERCEPT FORM (y=mx+b). In these cases, you can immediately identify the slope and the y-intercept of each line. The number term is always the y-intercept, and the coefficient of x is always the slope, which can be written as a fraction that we call the "RISE OVER THE RUN". Then you can graph them as follows:
y=3x-4
The y intercept is -4, and the slope m=3, which means .
Start by graphing the y-intercept by going DOWN 4 units on the y-axis. Then starting with your pencil on this point,GO UP 3 units, then go to the RIGHT 1 unit, and put the next point. Connect these two points with a line, and continue the line in both directions.


y=-3x-4
The y intercept is -4, and the slope m=-3, which means .

Start by graphing the y-intercept by going DOWN 4 units on the y-axis. Then starting with your pencil on this point,GO DOWN 3 units, then go to the RIGHT 1 unit, and put the next point. Connect these two points with a line, and continue the line in both directions.

If you want to see the point of intersection for these equations, then graph the two lines on the same graph, and see where the lines cross. This point is the point of intersection of the two lines.

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