matthewmacdell

how come it isn't 1?

sorry! i just wrote out all my work but it randomly got deleted. the answer is 8. here's how i got it:

first, i formulated two equations using the world problem:

x + y = 30

2x = 3y = 5.

then, i isolated the variables and used subsitution, then algebra, to find the value of y (which was 11, but it doesn't matter which you find first). then i found out x (which is 19). then, i found the positive difference. so the equation would be 19 - 11 = 8.

1. corroborate

3. extrapolate

i'm sorry i couldn't give you all the answers, but i'm almost 100% sure these two are correct.

i'm his sister! my name is actually charis but my user is matthew macdell based on a tv show character. thank you :))

fie! cometh h're and englut mine own coxcomb thee distemperate fooleth >:((

thee shouldst not calleth upon any oth'r nameth except charis

but i has't nay choice but to leaveth this questioneth because t looks liketh electric pavlov hast already answ'r'd t

nchang. thank you ! my point. we're tryna help each other out here.

yes. exactly

i was in prealgebra last year as well and this is the course i took afterwards, 'you know'.

ohh i didn't think of it that way. thanks !