Mrs. Harris made 37 cookies for a bake sale. She let each of her 3 children have a cookie. She put the rest in baggies with 2 cookies in each bag. Which number sentence can be used to find B, the number of bags of cookies she has for the bake sale?

(b) 240

step-by-step explanation:

first, we use the pythagorean formula using the given side lengths to find x. then we use x to find the side lengths. then we add the side lengths to find the perimeter.

pythagorean theorem formula:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

(x - 20)^2 + (x - 40)^2 = x^2

x^2 - 40x + 400 + x^2 - 80x + 1600 = x^2

x^2 -120x + 2000 = 0

(x - 100)(x - 20) = 0

x - 100 = 0 or x - 20 = 0

x = 100 or x = 20

we see that the solution x = 20 must be discarded because it will give a negative side length and a side length of 0. the only valid solution is x = 100.

perimeter = sum of the lengths of the sides

perimeter = x + x - 20 + x - 40

perimeter = 3x - 60

replace x with 100.

perimeter = 3(100) - 60

perimeter = 300 - 60

perimeter = 240

i believe so, according to my "strange" way of figuring out weird math problems like this.

okay, what do you want us to do?

anyway, the cost of labor per hour for repair shop b is $50 per hour.

the repair bill for your car at repair shop b is $553

the parts for repair shop b cost is   $497.07

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