Question

Meno and Anytus both worked olive oil presses near Athens, Greece in 410 BCE. Anytus was able to produce three liters more than twice the oil that Meno produced in a morning. In fact, Anytus' output was only five liters less than three times Meno's output.

The equation below models the relation between their rates of production, where x is the number of liters of oil that Meno could press.

2x + 3 = 3x − 5

How many liters of oil could Anytus press each morning?

Answer 1

can u find 'x' from 2x + 3 = 3x − 5
which is Meno's output ?

Answer 2

then Anyus output will be just 2x+3

Answer 3

menos is 3x-5

Answer 4

nopes, according to equation setup, Meno's output is taken as 'x' litres.

Answer 5

both sides = 2x + 3 = 3x − 5 = anytus output
'x' is Menos output

Answer 6

so, first find 'x'

Answer 7

i dont know how to ok people i teird of every question find x i dont know how too

Answer 8

2x + 3 = 3x − 5
add 5 to both sides, what u get ?

Answer 9

umm i already got this wrong and i really dont feel like go over but thnxs anyway

Answer 10

On a navigational chart of the Gulf coast of Florida, Panama City has coordinates (3, 20).

A line running from Panama City to Tampa has a slope of −\[\frac{ 5 }{ 4 }\]

What is the equation of the line?
A. 5x − 4y = −65
B. 5x + 4y = 95
C. 4x + 5y = 112
D. 4x − 5y = −88

Answer 11

candyland, if you don't let people teach you, you won't learn.

Answer 12

true fine but i got like 50 more problems tonight

Answer 13

m=5/4, (x1,y1) = (3,20)
Use the equation,
y-y1 = m (x-x1)
plug in the values, what u get ?

Answer 14

And if you let us teach you, you can do them really quickly yourself, instead of asking openstudy for all the questions You're rushing so much that you're getting all your questions wrong because you resorted to guessing.

Answer 15

y-20=5/4(x-3)

Answer 16

Learn, and you can do it quickly and correctly, okay?

Answer 17

is that right hartnn

Answer 18

yes, now you have to rearrange, to bring only constants on right, can u ?

Answer 19

y-20=5/4x-3.75

Answer 20

1)Add 20 to both sides
2)subtract 5/4 x from both sides
3)multiply by 4 on both sides
and you get the answer.

Answer 21

...wait, subtract 5/4 x from both sides?

Answer 22

to bring x term on left side.

Answer 23

yea i dont get that part i thought u divide

Answer 24

Oh I see. I didn't look at the choices, sorry.

Answer 25

umm im a bit confused what do i subract 5/4 from

Answer 26

If you were trying to isolate x, then yes, it would be divide.
But here, you're just moving the 5/4x to the other side.

Answer 27

y-20=5/4x-3.75
y=5/4x-3.75+20

subtract 5/4 x from both sides,
y-5/4 x = -3.75+20
got that ^ ?

Answer 28

Both sides. So that you cancel out the right side.

Answer 29

ohhhh ok so then add 5/4

Answer 30

why ?
then multiply 4 on both sides...

Answer 31

where did u get four from its a fraction of 5/4

Answer 32

yes, to convert fraction 5/4 into integer, i multiply both sides by 4...

Answer 33

yesw i guess

Answer 34

....y'know, we could've just used the general equation of a line.

Answer 35

(psst although, if you got this far, don't forget to multiply both sides by -1 to get the actual answer....)