Concept explainers
To find: the number of years will both pets be the same age in there respective types of years.
Answer to Problem 34E
The number of human years after which both the pets have the same age is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The dog is
Cat is
Every one Human year dog age will
Concept used:
The intersection of two straight line can be calculated as:
By equating the value of
Set the two equations equal to each other and solve for the point where it is intersects.
Calculation:
The objective is to find the number of human years after which both the pets have the same age.
Let
Verbal model can be written as:
Age of dog
Equation:
Step1:
Write a system of linear equations using each side of the original equation.
Let:
The tabular form:
Graph of the system:
It is clear from the graph both the lines intersecting at
Hence, the number of human years after which both the pets have the same age is
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