Mathematics, 16.04.2020 13:20 gonzalesnik

The following statements describe a set of railroad tracks. Based only on the statement, make a conclusion about the rails or the railroad ties. Explain.

a. The railroad ties are each perpendicular to one rail.

b. The rails are parallel. One railroad tie is perpendicular to one rail.

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Answer from: prelogical

Part a) The railroad ties are parallel

Part b) One railroad tie is perpendicular to both rails

Step-by-step explanation:

Part a) The railroad ties are each perpendicular to one rail

we know that

if one line is perpendicular to several other lines, then the other lines are parallel

Conclusion:

If the railroad ties are each perpendicular to one rail then the railroad ties are parallel

That means> The slopes of the railroad ties are equal and they are opposite reciprocal to the slope of the rail

Part b) The rails are parallel. One railroad tie is perpendicular to one rail

we know that

if two lines are parallel and another line is perpendicular to one of them, then this line is perpendicular to both lines

Conclusion:

If One railroad tie is perpendicular to one rail, then one railroad tie is perpendicular to both rails

That means ---> The slopes of the railroad ties are opposite reciprocal to the slope of the rail

Answer from: Quest

$x=\frac{3}{4}$

step-by-step explanation:

we are given

$-6+2x=6x-9$

since, we have to isolate x on anyone side

so, we can move all x terms on one side

subtract both sides by 2x

$-6+2x-2x=6x-9-2x$

$-6=4x-9$

add both sides by 9

$-6+9=4x-9+9$

$3=4x$

divide both sides by 4

we get

$x=\frac{3}{4}$

Answer from: Quest

$y> \frac{1}{3}x$ and y≤ -x +4 .

step-by-step explanation:

we are given a graph for system of inequalities.

in order to write the system of inequalities for the given graph, we need to find the inequality for each of the line separately.

let us find the slope of dotted line first.

taking two coordinates on the graph.

let us say (0,0) and (3,1).

let us find the slope of the line now.

slope of the dotted line would be = $\frac{1-0}{3-0} = \frac{1}{3}$ .

y-intercept of dotted line is y=0 only.

plugging slope m= $\frac{1}{3}$ and b=0 in slope-intercept form y=mx+b, we get

$y=\frac{1}{3}x$ .

the line is shaded up of that dotted line.

therefore, for shading up we would take greater than inequality symbol > .

and because it's a dotted line we would take only > symbol in place of = sign in above equation of line.

therefore, inequality for dotted line would be

$y> \frac{1}{3}x$ .

let us take two points (3,1) and (0,4) on the solid line.

slope of the solid line would be = $\frac{4-1}{0-3} = \frac{3}{-3}=-1$ .

for the solid line we have y-intercept b= 4.

plugging slope m= -1 and b=4 in slope-intercept form y=mx+b, we get

y = -1x + 4.

the line is shaded down of that solid line.

therefore, for shading down we would take less than inequality symbol < .

and because it's a solid line we would take ≤ symbol in place of = sign in above equation of line.

therefore, inequality for solid line would be

y≤ -x +4 .
Write a system of inequalities to represent the shaded portion of the graph.

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