Your job is to determine whether or not yachts are eligible for the Americas Cup, the

Chapter 7, Problem 133

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Your job is to determine whether or not yachts are eligible for the Americas Cup, the supreme event in ocean sailing. The basic dimensions of competitors yachts must satisfy L + 1.252S - 9.8 3 2D 16.296, where L is the yachts length, in meters, S is its sail area, in square meters, and D is its displacement, in cubic meters. Use this information to solve Exercises 133134.a. Rewrite the inequality using rational exponents. b. Use your calculator to determine if a yacht withlength 20.85 meters, sail area 276.4 square meters,and displacement 18.55 cubic meters is eligible forthe Americas Cup.

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