a zookeeper has both flamingos and alligators in his zoo there are 78 feet and 27 heads how many flamingos and aligators are there

15 flamingos and 12 alligators

Step-by-step explanation:

Because there are 27 heads, that means there is a total of 27 flamingos and alligators. Flamingos have 2 feet and alligators have 4 feet.

1. Set up a system of equations

(x = number of flamingos, y = number of alligators)

1x + 1y = 27 heads

2x + 4y = 78 feet

2. Multiply to get the same coefficient

2(1x + 1y = 27) → 2x + 2y = 54

3. Subtract

 2x + 2y = 54

- 2x + 4y = 78

 0x + -2y = -24

4. Solve for y

-2y = -24

y = 12

5. Plug in y to solve for x

1x + 1(12) = 27

x + 12 = 27

x = 15

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b: |12 – x| ≤ 0.25

step-by-step explanation:      

let x be the possible lengths in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

we have been given that jaime is cutting strips of ribbon for a project. he tries to cut each piece to be 12 inches long, but sometimes he cuts it too long or too short by as much as 0.25 inch.  

we can represent this information in an inequality as:

by the definition of absolute value function we will get,

upon combining our inequalities we will get,

therefore, the inequality   describes all the possible lengths (x), in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

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