Problema Solution
a student has 273 matchsticks with which to make a pattern of nested triangles.if all the matchsticks are used, how many matchsticks will each side of the biggest triangle contain?
Answer provided by our tutors
(3x - 2)(x + 1) = 0
Use the principle of zero products,
3x - 2 = 0, x + 1 = 0
3x = 2 , x = -1
x = (2/3)