There are two numbers which add up to 20. If one number is five more than four times the other, find the numbers.

  3 and 17

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x and y represent the numbers.

  x + y = 20 . . . . . . . . the numbers add up to 20

  x = 5 + 4y . . . . . . . . one number is 5 more than 4 times the other

Substituting the second equation into the first:

  (5 +4y) +y = 20

  5y = 15 . . . . . . . . . . subtract 5

  y = 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by 5

  x = 20 -3 = 17

The numbers are 17 and 3.

x-3y=4

step-by-step e

the correct option is:

b. a value of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to zero.

the root or roots of a polynomial are the values of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to 0. we can find the roots of a polynomial making the expression equal to 0 and then, isolating the variable (it it has just one variable).

for example, given the following polynomial:

the root or zero of the polynomial, can be found by making the expression equal to 0, and then, isolating the variable, so, finding the root we have:

therefore, we have that the root of the polynomial is equal to 2.

we must remember that the number of roots that a polynomial can have, will depend on the degree of the polynomial, a first degree polynomial have will have one single root, a second degree polynomial (quadratic expression) may have two roots and so.

hence the correct option is:

b. a value of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to zero.

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