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Question 424932: 16 = if x=1 then y=2;
if x=2 then y=4;
if x=3 then y=7;
if x=4 then y=11;
if x=5 then y=16;
What will be the formula to solve for Y if X is given?

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Question 425058: The equation 4x^2+15x+2=0 has two solutions A and B where A less than B
and A=
B=
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Question 425052: The formula y=2.6sqrtX +9 models the percent of U.S. adults who are considered obese by federal guidelines, where X is the number of years after 1980, and Y is the percent of obese adults. In this equation, Y is already converted from a decimal, so, for example, a 55% obesity rate would correspond to Y=55.
According to this formula, in what year was the obesity rate 15.4 percent?
Answer: In the year
Round to the nearest actual year.
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Question 425151: 35,000*6.99*7=

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Question 425328: how do you solve this equation using the quadratic formula y^2-10y+22=0
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Question 425433: Consider the Quadratic function . f(x)=3x^2-15x-18
its vertex is ( )
its largest x-intercept is x=( )
its y-intercept y=( )
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Question 425432: A classic physics problem states that if a projectile is shot vertically up into the air with an initial velocity of 128 feet per second from an initial height of 112 feet off the ground, then the height of the projectile, h , in feet, t seconds after it's shot is given by the equation: h= -16t^2+128t+112

Find the two points in time when the object is 147 feet above the ground. Round your answers to the nearest hundredth of a second (two decimal places).
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Question 425723: if a = (b^2)/c - b
What does b =
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Question 425782: how do i figure out the y intercept and the x intercept in
5x^2 + 5y^2 = 45?

please helpp
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Question 425729: Use an Equation Editor to write mathematical expressions and equations.
Ticket Sales
Living in or near a metropolitan area has some advantages. Entertainment opportunities are almost endless in a major city. Events occur almost every night, from sporting events to the symphony. Tickets to these events are not available long and can often be modeled by quadratic equations.
Suppose you are an event coordinator for a large performance theater. One of the hottest new Broadway musicals has started to tour, and your city is the first stop on the tour. You need to supply information about projected ticket sales to the box office manager. The box office manager uses this information to anticipate staffing needs until the tickets sell out. You provide the manager with a quadratic equation that models the expected number of ticket sales for each day x. ( is the day tickets go on sale).

Tickets = -0.26x^2+13x+35

1. Does the graph of this equation open up or down? How did you determine this?

2. Describe what happens to the tickets sales as time passes?

3. Will tickets peak or be at a low during the middle of the sale? How do you know?

4. How many solutions are there to the equation ? How do you know?

5. Use the quadratic equation to determine the last day that tickets will be sold
Write your answer in terms of the number of days after ticket sales begin.
(Note: that we do not use partial days or negative sales)

So day will be the last day.

6. What do the solutions represent? Is there a solution that does not make sense? If so, in what ways does the solution not make sense?

7. Determine the number of tickets sold on the 52 day

8. Determine the number of tickets sold on the 1st day

9. After how many days will the peak or low occur?
Using

10. How many tickets will be sold on the day when the peak or low occurs?
Substitute x = ? into original model:

tickets are sold on the busiest day.

11. How many tickets will be sold on day 26

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Question 425871: how do you do this (-b±√(b^2-4ac)2a
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Question 426140: Please help me solve this equation: 6x^4-7x^2+2=0
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Question 426176: solve the linear quadratic system algebraically
y= 5-x^2
y= x-15
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Question 426313: i dont get how you find a,b,c in the standard form equation y= 2x to the second power
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Question 426392: What are the solutions to (x-1)(2x+5)=0?
a) -1 and 5/2
b) -1 and 2/5
c) 1 and - 5/2
d) 1 and - 2/5
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Question 425875: a daily newspaper had 12,125 subscribers when it began publication. five years later it had 10,100 subscribers. what is the average yearly rate of change in the number of subscribers for the five-year period?
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Question 426420: I am asked to create a quadratic function, y=f(x), that satisfies the following conditions:
f(7)=2, f(-5)=-10, and y-intercept is (0,6)
NO clue where to begin. I know I could do something if I had the x-intercepts. But what I start with is:
6=ax^2+bx+c , but then I come up with 6=c and I feel like I just need a starting point.
I was not tought this in my current class, supposedly this is suppose to be prerequisite homework...
Thanks for any help...Kate
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Question 426387: Solve the following quadratic equation by factoring:
4x^2 - 9x + 2 = 0
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Question 426489: Using the General Quadratic Formula:
2x^2-7x+6

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Question 426538: Hello there:
There are only four questions that I need help with.
Thank you so much in advance,
I really appreciate all of your help.
1. Solve (2x – 3)(x + 2) = 0
2. 6 = a^2 – 5a
3. 12x + 4 = -9x^2
4. 4y^2 = 25
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Question 426562: Solve using the quadratic formula. Then use a calculator to approximate to three decimal places the solutions as rational numbers. X^2-4x+1=0

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Question 426577: what does the graph x^3-400x look like

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Question 426640: Solve each equation using the quadratic formula.
3x^2+2x-1=0
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Question 426672: If P dollars are deposited at an interest rate r and compounded n times, the future value An can be found by the formula An=P(1=r)^n. Find the rate of interest if a principal amount of $5000 grows to $6050 in 2 years if interest is compunded annually?
Answer key has 10% as the answer but doesn't explain the process of solving the equation.
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Question 426642: Solve each equation using the quadratic formula.
1.x^2+10=-25
2.2x^2-5=-3x
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Question 426848: I need help I have solve this quadratic equation, and I want to know if its right is there a way to check?
...my answer is x=1+ - 2sqrt(5).
thank you.
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Question 426927: what points go into 4x-3y=0
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Question 426919: a rectangular painting has the dimensions x and x+10. the painting is in a frame 2 inches wide. the total area of the picture and the frame is 936 in. what are the total dimensions of the painting
this is my problme solving question and my formula for solving ( factoring ) was ( x+2) (x+12)=936 i multiplied out and got x²+14x+24=936. i just don't understand where to go after i use completing the square and getting x=-38 and x=29 how do i find the dimensions from two x values
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Question 426954: 6x^2 - 7x - 5/ 3-x
(3x – 5)(2x + 1)/ 3 – x
After this point I have no idea what I'm doing.
The more i do it, the more I seem to drift from the rules of how to solve.
Can it be simplifies more than this?

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Question 427167: what are the solutions to the equation x^2+7x=-12
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Question 427200: I am trying to find a way to solve this problem.
A gravel path of equal width is to be built around a 8' by 8' square garden. How wide can the path be if there is enough gravel for 80 square ft?
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Question 427241: how do i solve this quadratic eqaution 7x+36=x+4
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Question 427241: how do i solve this quadratic eqaution 7x+36=x+4
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Question 427178: The motion of an autombile acceleration away from traffic light is represented by the funcitond(t) = 9t^2, where t is the time in seconds and d(t) is the distanct covered by the automobile. Approximately how many seconds does it take for the automobile to travel 180 feet?
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Question 427433: how do you find the domain in interval notation of 5x-4 over 3-2x
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Question 427436: how do you find the domain in interval notation of 3x^2-7x+5=11
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Question 427442: what is the x-intercept of y=x^2-2x-3?
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Question 427442: what is the x-intercept of y=x^2-2x-3?
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Question 427441: What is the y-intercept of y=x^2-2x-3
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Question 427423: Find the following f[g(x)] if f(x)=3x-7 and g(x)=x^3-2x^2-x+1
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Question 427479: What is the axis of symmetry of y=x^2-2x-3?
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Question 427477: What is the vertex of y=x^2-2x-3?
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