When should you use multiplication to solve a system of linear
equations by elimination

The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. the average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). a whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. a new baby whale is 1⁄4 the length of a grown whale. the average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818 its weight. a human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. calculate the following information: how long is a whale’s head? how long is a new baby whale? how tall is the average man? how much does the average man weigh? how tall is the average human baby?

When the solutions to each of the two equations below are graphed in the xy-coordinate plane, the graphs of the solutions intersect at two places. write the y-cordninates of the points of intersection in the boxes below in order from smallest to largest. y=2x y=x^2-3

A. 127 cm^2 b. 144.5 cm^2 c. 172 cm^2 d. 50 cm^2