the price of a bushel of corn is currently $ 3.20 , and the price of a peck of wheat is $ 8.80 . the price of corn is increasing at a constant rate of 5 x cents per day while the price of wheat is decreasing at a constant rate of x ( 2 ^ 1 / 2 ) - x cents per day . what is the approximate price when a bushel of corn costs the same amount as a peck of wheat ?
"i tried using time / rate approach : - initial price difference = 8.80 - 3.20 = 5.60 price of corn increasing by 5 x price of wheat decreasing by x ( 1.4 ) - x = . 4 x since both the quantities are moving towards reducing the price gap hence : - relative increase = 5 x + . 4 x let t be the time by which gap is filled so , 5.6 = t ( 5.4 x ) - > t = ( 5.6 ) / 5.4 x final price = 3.20 + 5 x * t - > 3.20 + 5 * 5.6 / 5.4 = 8.4 answer a ."
add(3.20, multiply(divide(subtract(8.80, 3.20), add(5, subtract(sqrt(2), 1))), 5))