Sam and Alex play Tennis. On the weekend Sam played 8 more games than Alex did, and together they played 24 games. How many games did Alex play? How many games did Sam play? Let a represent the number of games Alex played. Write and solve an equation to determine the number of games Alex and Sam played.

Problem melissa is her dad build a walkway in their backyard. the walkway will be 54 feet long and 1.5 feet wide. the local hardware store sells tiles which are 1.5 by 1.5 feet and come in boxes of 12. how many boxes of tiles do they need?

Kayla wants to find the width, ab, of a river. she walks along the edge of the river 65 ft and marks point c. then she walks 25 ft further and marks point d. she turns 90° and walks until her location, point a, and point c are collinear. she marks point e at this location, as shown. (a) can kayla conclude that δ and δ are similar? why or why not? (b) suppose de = 15 ft. what can kayla conclude about the width of the river?

It is given that the quadratic equation hx²-3x+k=0, where h and k are constants, has roots [tex] \beta \: and \: 2 \beta [/tex]express h in terms of k