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100

Kendle traces a rectangle that is x feet wide, and (x+2) feet long. Jeffrey traces a rectangle that is 3 feet wide, and (x+2) feet long. If their rectangles have the same area, what is the value of x?

x=2, cannot be negative value in this situation.

100
5(5x+10)=150-50x

x=4/3

100

x+3y=51

x+2y=17

y=34, x=-51

100

(1/3)*(1/9)*(27/4)*4/5+4/5

1

100
Jeffrey and his friend Ady decide to make a website, similar to Sam. They get 1 visit the first day, then two the second day, then three the third day, and so on until they get 11 visits the eleventh day. What is the total number of visits they got on their website from the first day to the 11th day?

66 visits

200

Joshua has 10x+4 chocolate bars with him. Jeffery stole 12 of the candy bars. If Joshua has half of his candy bars remaining, what is the value of x?

x=2

200

2(3x-1)=4(x+2)

x=5

200

2x+2y=16

4x+2y=20

x=2, y=6

200

2*42+52/(26-1)

33

200

2x(x+2)=x(2x+6)+10

x=-5

300

Kendle is playing his favorite game, Pokemon Platinum. Today, he has played 3x+6 hours. His mom tells him that he has played exactly half of yesterdays total time played, and that he played 14x+4 hours yesterday. How long did Kendle play today?

x=1, so he played for 9 hours.

300

0.25(8+2x)=1.25(10+x)

x=-14

300

(x+y)2=100

x2+2xy+2y2=136

x=4, y=6
300

(6+4)2+(9/3 -1)

102

300

9-5/(8-3)  *2+6

13

400

Sam is designing a website. In order for it to be perfect, he decides that it must have an area of 36. The length of the website is (x + 9) and the width of the website is x. Solve for x

x = 3
400

(x+1)(x-5)=x+1

x=6, x=-1

400

x-7y=-11

5x+2y=-18

x=-4, y=1

400

24-5(10-16/2)+3

9

400

-4x-2y=-12

2x+4y=-12

x=-6, y=-6

500

Sam is designing a website. He decides that to make it perfect, it must have an area of 32 inches squared, while having a perimeter of 24 inches. What is the length of the webpage, and the height of the webpage?

4in and 8 inches, or 8in and 4 inches

500

(x+2)*(x-2)=0

x=2, x=-2

500

6x-5y=8

-12x+2y=0

x=-1/3, y=-2

500

4(5+2)+32*(1+4/2)2

109

500

2*4+2/2 *3/6 +42

24.5