Dwayne plans to add a railing parallel to a flight of stairs that goes down to the basement in his house. The stairs have the dimensions shown in the sketch. Landing 7.5 in 9.5 in 7.5 95 9.5 What will be the length of the railing from Point A to Point B? Show or explain how you got your answer.

equal to

step-by-step explanation:

its a straight line parallel to the time axis

let x and 400 - x be the two numbers.  

==> 0.80x + 0.85(400 - x) = 400 - 68 from the statement of the problem.  

< ==> 0.80x + 0.85(400 - x) = 400 - 68  

==> 340 - 0.05x = 332  

< ==> -0.05x = -8 ==> x = 160, the first number ==> 400 - x = 240, the second number.