first ? : solve the following equations : y = x^2 +4x + 1 and y = 5x + 3
and my last question of the day is
Mr. petri has a rectangular plot of land with length = 20 feet and width = 10 feet. he wants to design a flower garden in the shape of a circle with two semicircles at each end of the center circle. he will fill in the the surounding area with wood chips. if one bag of wood chips covers 5 squar feet, how many bags must he buy?
Sovlve theas two math problems and show your work.?
i'm assuming i'm supposed to solve for when these are equal to each other?
x^2 +4x + 1= 5x + 3
x^2 -x -2 = 0
use quadratic formula
x = (-1 plus or minus square root of 1 - 4(1)(-2)) all divided by 2
x = -1/2 plus or minus 3
x = 5/2 and x = -7/2
length = 20 feet and width = 10 feet
shape of a circle with two semicircles
one bag of wood chips covers 5 squar feet
first find area of semi circles.
2 half circles area adds to 1 whole circle
the diameter of the circle is going to be the width of the rectangular plot. therefore the radius of each circle is 1/2 the width which is 5ft
area of circles = pi(5)^2 = 25 pi ft squared
the area of the entire plot is 20 x 10 ft which is 200 ft squared
200 ft - 25 pi ft = 121.4601837 ft squared
each bag will cover 5 square feet
121.4601837/5 = 24.29 bags
so 25 bags of wood chips is needed
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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