An 80-mile trip is represented on a gridded map by a directed line segment from point M(3, 2) to point N(9, 13). What point represents 60 miles into the trip? Show your work and explain your reasoning.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the distance from M to N is 80 miles and we want to find the coordinates of the point 60 miles into the trip, we are looking for the point 3/4 of the way from M to N, since 60 is 3/4 of 80. This is the process:

First we need to consider that MN is a directed vector. We first find the components of the directed vector, which is found in the change in x and the change in y. First step, then, looks like this:

<Δx, Δy> = <9-3, 13-2> = <6, 11> We will call those the x and y components of the vector (which comes from vector study in both physics and math, so if you don't understand that, it's ok! Just follow the process here and you'll be fine). Knowing that 60 is 3/4 of the way from M to N, we find 3/4 of both the x and y components, like this:

which will give us 3/4 of the change in x and 3/4 of the change in y:

Since we are going 3/4 of the way from M to N, we add that component to the x and y coordinates of M, giving us 3/4 of the way from M to N, which translates to 60 miles of the 80 mile trip:

(3 + 4.5, 2 + 8.25) = (7.5, 10.25)

Those are the coordinates of the point that represents 60 miles into the 80 mile trip.

u = -(6/7)w

step-by-step explanation:

place all values with 'u' on one side of the equation.

4u + 8w = - 3u + 2w

4u + 3u = 2w - 8w

further simplify the equation by solving the addition and subtraction.

7u = - 6w

make 'u' the independent variable by placing its co-efficient on the right-hand side.

u = - (6/7)w

d. $180

step-by-step explanation:

if the dimensions of the room is 9ft by 12 ft, we have the area of the floor as,

so the area of the floor is 108 square feet, converting that into square yards we get,

the cost of carpet is $15 per square yard, therefore the cost of carpet for 12 square yards is,

hence, the cost of carpet is $180.

assuming the dimensions of the room be,

15 ft by 12 ft

so, the area of the floor of that room is,

we can convert 180 square feet into square yards, we know that,

1 sq ft = 0.111 sq yard

so, 180 square feet is,

so the area of floor is 20 square yards.

now, the cost of carpet is 15 dollars per square yard, therefore the cost of carpet for 20 square yards is,

so, it will cost $300.