BB Math pg 595

<p>Can someone help me with #6 on 595, #7 on 596, and #16 on 599? Thanks!</p>

<p>6 is A when i first did i got it wrong i misread the question i took positive number in account as only even and ended up getting D...E doesnt work because its now a square root and if you find the Square root of 121 you will get 11, which is only multiplied by itself and one..While from B-D all the numbers can be multiplied by itself 1 and another few numbers...I hope this made sense i got it wrong at first as well until i re-read the question and understood it..</p>

<p>7 and 16 i don't get..</p>

<p>6: The answer must be a perfect square of some sort. So E is eliminated. Now out of the 4 answers left, which one only has the 3 factors mentioned. The number cannot be even, otherwise the number would have a factor of 2. So B and C are out. We have to ask ourselves what the factors of 81 and 121 are. 81 is divisible by 3, so C is out. The answer is thus A</p>

<p>7: The height is given as h. The base is said to be 6/7 OF h. The word "OF" is math means multiplication. So (6/7) * h, which is 6h/7.</p>

<p>The area of a triangle is (B * H) / 2. 6h/7 * h = (6h^2) / 7. If you divide this you get (12h^2) / 7. The answer is E.</p>

<p>16: We know that the voting age population is 2500 (From the table). The number of registered voters is 2200. </p>

<p>We want: Number who ACTUALLY voted / registered voters. </p>

<p>We know the second part is 2200. The first part is 40 % of the voting age population. .4 * 2500 = 1000</p>

<p>1000 / 2200 = 10 / 22 = 5 / 11</p>

<p>The answer is 5 / 11</p>

<p>Thanks! My book says that #7 is B though...could you explain that? :)</p>

<p>Sorry I did the last step incorrectly. I multiplied by 2 instead of dividing by 2. Here is the correct version</p>

<p>CORRECTION:</p>

<p>7: The height is given as h. The base is said to be 6/7 OF h. The word "OF" is math means multiplication. So (6/7) * h, which is 6h/7.</p>

<p>The area of a triangle is (B * H) / 2. 6h/7 * h = (6h^2) / 7. If you divide this you get (3h^2) / 7. The answer is B.</p>