On Martin's first stroke, his golf ball traveled 4 5 5 4 start fraction, 4, divided by, 5, end fraction of the distance to the hole. On his second stroke, the ball traveled 79 7979 meters and went into the hole.

0.395 kilometers

Step-by-step explanation:

Please consider the complete question.

On Martin's first stroke, his golf ball traveled 4/5 of the distance to the hole. On his second stroke, the ball went into the hole. Martin was standing 79 meters from the hole as he took his second stroke. How many kilometers from the hole was Martin when he started?

Let x represent the distance between hole and start point.

In 1st stroke ball traveled 4/5 of the distance, so 1/5 of the distance was remaining from 2nd stroke to hole. This means the 1/5 of whole distance between start point and hole is equal to 79 meters.

We can represent this information in an equation as:

Since our distance is in meters, so we will convert 395 meters into kilometers by dividing by 1000.

Therefore, Martin was 0.395 kilometers from the hole, when he started.

starting with:    

5 + x - 12 = 2x - 7   

5 + x - 12 - x = 2x - 7 - x (subtract x from both sides)   

5 - 12 = x - 7 (combine and cancel x's from both sides)   

5 - 12 + 7 = x - 7 + 7 (add 7 to both sides)   

0 = x (add numbers together on both sides)       

so in order for the equation to be true, x must be 0.   

trying x = -0.5   

5 + x - 12 = 2x - 7 (original equation)   

5 + -0.5 - 12 = 2(-0.5) - 7 (plug in value of x)   

5 + -0.5 - 12 = -1 - 7 (did multiplication)   

-7.5 = -8 (did addition on both sides)       

since -7.5 is obviously not equal to -8, the value of -0.5 for x is wrong.   

trying x = 0   

5 + x - 12 = 2x - 7 (original equation)   

5 + 0 - 12 = 2(0) - 7 (plug in value of x)   

5 + 0 - 12 = 0 - 7 (did multiplication)   

-7 = -7 (did addition on both sides)       

since -7 equals -7, that demonstrates that the value of 0 for x is correct.   

trying x = 1   

5 + x - 12 = 2x - 7 (original equation)   

5 + 1 - 12 = 2(1) - 7 (plug in value of x)   

5 + 1 - 12 = 2 - 7 (did multiplication)   

-6 = -5 (did addition on both sides)       

since -6 is obviously not equal to -5, the value of 1 for x is wrong.

isaiah walks 3 miles due north, turns and then 5 miles due east. how far is he from his starting point?

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

let c = distance from starting point.

(3)^2 + (5)^2 = c^2

9 + 25 = c^2

34 = c^2

sqrt{34} = sqrt{c^2}

sqrt{34} = c