Answer:
33. $5.75
34. 15 ft
35. 8
36. 32
Step-by-step explanation:
These questions pretty much cover the sorts of things you're supposed to learn in an Algebra course. If you don't get any of it, you may have a problem with follow-on courses.
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33.
You are expected to understand this question gives you two relations in two unknowns. The first step is to assign a variable to each of the unknowns. We can use ...
- x = cost of a milk shake
- y = cost of a sundae
The given relations have to do with the prices of different quantities of these:
2x +3y = 26.25 . . . . . . cost of 2 shakes and 3 sundaes
4x +2y = 29.50 . . . . . . cost of 4 shakes and 2 sundaes
These two equations in two unknowns can be solved several ways. Here, it is convenient to use the method of "elimination", because the coefficients of x are related by a small integer. Subtracting the second equation from 2 times the first eliminates the x-variable (hence the name of the method).
2(2x +3y) -(4x +2y) = 2(26.25) -(29.50)
4y = 23.00 . . . . . . simplify
y = 5.75 . . . . . . . . . divide both sides by 4
The cost of an ice cream sundae is $5.75.
We can substitute this value into either equation and solve for x. We would find the cost of a shake to be x=4.50. However, the question only asks for the price of a sundae.
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34.
There are formulas for the perimeter, area, and volume of various geometric figures of a generally circular or rectangular shape. You might find it convenient to memorize them. Here, you need the formulas for the volume of a cylinder and of a cone. You also need to know that the diameter of a circle is 2 times the radius of the circle, since most of the circle-related formulas are in terms of the radius.
Volume of a cone of radius r and height h: V = 1/3πr²h
Volume of a cylinder of radius r and height h: V = πr²h
It can be convenient to remember that a cone has 1/3 the volume of a cylinder the same height.
The relation of interest here is the volume of the silo is the sum of the volumes of the bottom cylinder and the top cone.
V = π(20 ft)²(60 ft) + 1/3(20 ft)²(x ft) = 26000π ft³
V = 24000π ft³ +(400/3)x·π ft³ = 26000π ft³ . . . . simplify a bit
400/3·x = 2000 . . . . . . . divide by π ft³, and subtract 24000
x = 2000(3/400) = 15 . . . . multiply by 3/400
The height of the top portion is 15 feet.
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35.
This has to do with understanding the meaning of a table and of an expression relating table values. The expression f(a) = g(b) means you're looking for table entries such that the number in the f(x) column is equal to the number in the g(x) column.
We find the only common function value to be -1, so f(-6) = -1 = g(1). Comparing this to f(a) = g(b), we see that a=-6.
The question asks for |g(a)|. The table tells us g(-6) = -8. Its absolute value will be the value without the negative sign:
|g(-6)| = |-8| = 8 = |g(a)|
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36.
This is a polynomial division problem. It tells you the quotient of the quadratic, divided by (ax +2), is (3x -4) with a remainder of 66. We're concerned with the leading coefficient of the divisor, 'a'.
Polynomial long division is much simpler than numerical long division, because each quotient term is the leading dividend term divided by the leading divisor term. Here, that means ...
96x²/(ax) = 3x
Multiplying by ax gives ...
96x² = 3ax²
Dividing by 3x², we see that ...
(96x²)/(3x²) = (3ax²)/(3x²)
96/3 = a = 32
The value of 'a' is 32.
