Community service you are making a bulletin board to
advertise community service opportunities in your town.
you plan to use one quarter a sheet of construction paper
for each ad. you need 5 sheets of construction paper for a title banner. you have 23 sheets of construction paper.
how many ads can you make?

72 ads

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x -----> the number of ads

we know that

5 sheets of construction paper for a title banner plus the number of ads multiplied by one quarter of sheet must be equal to 23 sheets of construction paper

so

The linear equation that represent this problem is

Solve for x

Multiply by 4 both sides to remove the fraction

Subtract 20 both sides

x = 25

step-by-step explanation:

a^2+b^2=c^2

7^2+24^2=c^2

49+576=625

sqrt625=25

x=25