Zack has two strings of equal length. one string is red the other is yellow. after cutting 2.5 meters of the red string and 3.8 m of the yellow string, the length of the red string is 1.5 times that of the yellow strain. find the original length of the yellow string.

6.4 m

Step-by-step explanation:

We have 2 expressions here.  The first one is the fact that r = y.  That's one of 2 equations.  The second one involves whats' left after cutting off certain lengths of each color string.  We cut 2.5 m from red, we cut 3.8 m from yellow.  We know that what's left of red is 1.5 times the length of what's left of yellow.  What's left of red is r - 2.5; what's left of yellow is y - 3.8.  We know that r = 1.5y, so filling that in with our corresponding expressions gives us

r - 2.5 = 1.5(y - 3.8)

Distribute to get

r - 25 = 1.5y - 3.2

Now from the first expression, r = y, so fill in y for r to get an equation in one variable:

y - 2.5 = 1.5y - 3.2

Combine like terms:

-.5y = -3.2 and divide to get

y = 6.4

Check it to make sure it works.  What's left of red should be 1.5 times the length of what's left of yellow and y = 6.4:

What's left of red: 6.4 - 2.5 = 3.9

What's left of yellow: 6.4 - 3.8 = 2.6

1.5 x 2.6 = 3.9, just like it should!

(1, –1), (16, –4), (36, –6)

step-by-step explanation:

given that the function is

this can also be written as

we have to graph this function and check which list of points lie on the graph

see attachment for graph:

we find that the points lying are (1,-1) (16,-4) and (36,-6)

since square root is there we find that x can only be posiitve but y can be since square root both positive and negative.