Because of the increase in traffic between springfield and orangeville, a new road was built to connect the two towns. the old road goes south x miles from springfield to freeport and then goes east x + 5 miles from freeport to orangeville. the new road is 9 miles long and goes straight from springfield to orangeville. find the number of miles that a person drove using the old road. ! : (

11.70 miles

The road from Springfield to Orangeville is apparently the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs are x and x+5. The value of x can be found from the Pythagorean theorem:

... 9² = x² + (x+5)²

... 2x² +10x -56 = 0 . . . . . . eliminate parentheses, collect terms, subtract 81.

... x² +5x -28 = 0 . . . . . . . . divide by 2 (because we can)

... x² +5x +6.25 = 28 +6.25 . . . . add 28, then add (5/2)² to complete the square

... (x +5/2) = √34.25 . . . . . . . .take the positive square root

... x = -2.5 +√34.25 ≈ 3.352

The total distance via the old road is the sum of the leg lengths:

... x + (x+5) = 2x +5 = 2(3.352) +5 = 11.704 . . . . miles

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step-by-step explanation:

option 3 . (5x + 1) - (-10x + 6)

step-by-step explanation:

option 1 :

(4x + 3) + (-9x + 4)

or 4x+3 -9x + 4

or -5x + 7

option 2

(x - 2) - (6x - 9)

or x-2-6x + 9

or -5x + 7

option 3

(5x+ + 6)

or 5x + 1 + 10x -6

or 15x -5

option 4

-4x+2x+7-3x

-7x + 2x + 7

-5x + 7

hence only option 3 did   not satisfy the given simplify expression.