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Question 204167: One principle used by the ancient
Greeks to get shapes that are pleasing to the eye in art
and architecture was the Golden Rectangle. If a square
is removed from one end of a Golden Rectangle, as shown
in the figure, the sides of the remaining rectangle are
proportional to the original rectangle. So the length
and width of the original rectangle satisfy
L/W = W/L-W
An artist wants her painting to be in the
shape of a golden rectangle. If the length of the painting is
36 inches, then what should be the width?
So far the only thing I have is 36/w = w/36-w. I can't find an example in my book that looks like this equation. I am missing a step somewhere.

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Question 204189: 1) The sum of the squares of two consecutive integers is 613. What are the integers?
Let x be one integer. Therefore x +1 is the next integer.
x^2+(x+1)^2= 613
2)The length of a rectangle is four more than the width. If the area of the rectangle is 621 m2, find the width and length of the rectangle.
Let w be the width. Therefore w + 4 is the length.
W(w +4) = 621


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Question 204189: 1) The sum of the squares of two consecutive integers is 613. What are the integers?
Let x be one integer. Therefore x +1 is the next integer.
x^2+(x+1)^2= 613
2)The length of a rectangle is four more than the width. If the area of the rectangle is 621 m2, find the width and length of the rectangle.
Let w be the width. Therefore w + 4 is the length.
W(w +4) = 621


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Question 204190: hi these question are from a worksheet....plzz kindly help
1) A rectangular lawn measuring 8m by 4m is surrounded by a flower bed of uniform width. The combined area of the lawn and flower bed is 165m². What is the width of the flower bed?
Let x be the width of the flowerbed
(8+2x)(4+2x)=165
2) Can x (x – 5) = 0 be solved by dividing both sides of the equation by x?
Explain your answer.

3)Write a quadratic equation whose roots are 5 and –3.


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Question 204237: X^(2/3) - 3X(1/3) - 4 = 0
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Question 204239: X^2-10x+34=0
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Question 204240: SOLVE BY COMPLETING THE SQUARE
M^2 - (1/2)M = (7/2)

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Question 204283: Open-Top Box: Thomas is going to make an open-top box by cutting equal squares from the four corners of an 11 inch by 14 inch sheet of cardboard and foldiing up the ssides. If the area of the base is to be 80 square inches, then what size square should be cute from each corner
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Question 204338: Form each of the following:
1. a linear equation in one variable
2. a linear equation in two variaables
3. a quadratic equation
4. a polynomial of three terms
5. an exponential function
6. a logarithmic function

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Question 204373: how to find the equation of line of symmetry for y=9-8x-x^2
i have tried by using the completiing the square method and got the answer in surd form. my answer is 4 root 7.

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Question 204442: Quadratic Equation Word Problem:
Gone Fishing. Debbie traveled by boat 5 miles upstream to fish in her favorite spot. Because of the 4-mph current, it took her 20 minutes longer to get there than to return. How fast will her boat go in still water?

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Question 204454: Please use the quadratic formula to complete the following example:
3p^2 -18p + 6
I do not understand this because all of the problems usually have x as the variable not "p"

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Question 204457: Calculate the value of the discriminant of x2+4x+4=0
By examining the sign of the discriminant in part a, how many x-intercepts would the graph of x2+4x+4=0 have? Why?

Thanks so much!!

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Question 204474: Hi I still need help on this. Use the quadratic formula to complete the following example:
3p^2 -18p + 6
Can someone please walk me through the steps to solving this?

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Question 204443: hi can you plzz help me with this question...thanks!
The path of a basketball shot can be modeled by the equation h = -0.09d² + 0.9d + 2 where h is the height of the basketball, in metres, and d is the horizontal distance of the ball from the player, in metres.
a) What is the maximum height reached by the ball?
b) What is the horizontal distance of the ball from the player when it reaches its maximum height?
c) How far from the floor is the ball when the player releases it?

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Question 204501: I would like to know if I did these questions right.

For the first one I have this:

Do exponential functions only model phenomena that grow, or can they also model phenomena that decay?
Explain what is different in the form of the function in each case.
Yes they also model decay, for example you can use them to model the decay of radioactivity. The only difference is that there will be a negative index.

Example of function of growth: y = ae^(kt)
Example of function of decay: y = ae^(-kt)

And for the second one I have:

A cell divides into two identical copies every 4 minutes. How many cells will exist after 5 hours?
f(t) = 2^(t/4)
after 5 hours: 5 * 60 = 300
f(t) = 2^(300/4)
f(t) = 2^75
f(t) = 3.78(10^22)

Are these correct and if not can you please explain them to me

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Question 204502: x%5E2%2B8x-1=0
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Question 204551: (3X)squared - 5 = 0
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Question 204616: ((m3(cubed)+18m2(squared)+ 81m factor the trinomial
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Question 204658: hi, I was hoping you can help me on this:
A rectangular lawn measures 8m by 6m. The owner wants to get a uniform border of trees along two adjacent sides of the lawn. If the tress cover an area of 8m^2, how wide is the border?

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Question 204664: Hi, I was hoping you can help me on this:
The perimeter of a professional NBA basketball court is 300 feet. If the length of the court is two feet more than triple the width, find the length and the width of the blocked off court.

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Question 204660: Can you help me solve this word problem: 1) A house owner wants to build a swimming pool in his backyard. The dimensions of the pool he wants to build is 60m by 40m. If the area of his backyard is only 40m^2, then what is the width of his backyard?

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Question 204619: I need to find a quadratic equation for the following table
x y
0 0
2.2 30
2.9 40
4.0 50
5.0 60
6.5 70
8.0 80
9.0 90
11.8 100
This is an excel problem. but i dont know how to make excel do a quadratic equation.

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Question 204681: how do you know if a quadratic equation will have one, two or no solutions? If only given the solution, how do you find a quadratic equation? Is it possible to have different quadratic equations with the same solution?
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Question 204672: Can you help me solve this question: 1)George is building a porch wrapped around his whole house. The dimensions of his house are 120m by 160m. If his porch is going to be the same area as his house, how wide will the porch be?

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Question 204618: a positive number is 1 more than twice another number.if the difference of their squares is 40, find the larger of the two numbers.
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Question 204683: f(x)=2x squared
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Question 204724: solve by using quadratic formula (((6x2+3x-18=0)))
my answer is x=-2 3/2
-b+- sq root of b^2-4ac/2a
a=6
b=3
c=18
so -3+-sqrt[9-4(6)(-18)]/12
-3+-sqrt(441)/12
(-3+-21)/12 and x=(-3-21)/12
x=-3+21/12 and x=-3-21/12
x=18/12=3/2 and x=-2
this is how I came up with this answer is this right?

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Question 204727: Solve:
a) x2 - 6x - 16 = 0
b) 6x2 + 42 = 0
f(t) = 2t2 - 4t - 1 find
a) f(2)
b) f(-1)

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Question 204725: solve by using quadratic formula (((6x2+3x-18=0)))
my answer is x=-2 3/2
-b+- sq root of b^2-4ac/2a
a=6
b=3
c=18
so -3+-sqrt(9-4(6)l-18/12
-3t-sqrt9441)/12
-3+-21/12 and x=-3-21/12
x=-3+21/12 and x=-3-21/12
x=18/12=3/2 and x=-2
this is how I came up with this answer is this right?

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Question 204725: solve by using quadratic formula (((6x2+3x-18=0)))
my answer is x=-2 3/2
-b+- sq root of b^2-4ac/2a
a=6
b=3
c=18
so -3+-sqrt(9-4(6)l-18/12
-3t-sqrt9441)/12
-3+-21/12 and x=-3-21/12
x=-3+21/12 and x=-3-21/12
x=18/12=3/2 and x=-2
this is how I came up with this answer is this right?

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Question 204736: y=x^2 + 4x -5 =0
a) without solving the equation or factoring, determine the solution(s) to the equation. x^2 +4x -5 =0
b) does this function have a maximum or minimum?
c) what are the coordinates of the vertex in (x,y) form?
d) what is the equation of the line of symmetry?

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Question 204780:
x%5E2+%2B+4x+-+2+=+0

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Question 204810: Solve linear equation.check.
3x/4+6=-12
Thank you for any help I receive.

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Question 204794: Solve
x^2-6x-307=8

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Question 204830: I am having problems with this question, please could you help me to understand it?
I open a bottle of champagne and release the cork vertically from the bottle. The height in metres of the cork above the level of the ground at time (t) seconds is modelled by the equation
h = 1 + 8t - 5t^2.
a) find the height of the cork after 0.8s....i have the answer of 4.2m for this.
b) find the time when the cork is at ground level (h = 0)......i have the answer of 1.72s for this.
c) explain what the maximum value of t is for which this function is a plausible model for the height of the cork?....i don't understand this question.
hope you can help me by explaining how to do this

thank you
Dawn


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Question 204811: State whether each equation represents a linear, quadratic, or exponential function.How?
a.3x%5E2=5
b.y=10%5E3x
c.y=2x+23-14x

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Question 204879: I need help with this quadratic equation please:
When a ball is thrown, its height in meters h after t seconds is given by the equation h= vt-5t^2 where v is the initial upwards velocity in meters per second. If meters per second, find all values of t for which h=1 meter. Do not round any intermediate steps. Round the answer to 2 decimal places.
My try: Not even sure where to start..

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Question 204893: When graphing a linear inequality, how do you know if the inequality represents the area above the line?
What are the necessary and sufficient conditions for inequalities to represent an area in the first quadrant?

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Question 204793: Solve x^2+18x+32+=226
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Question 204933: -4x^2 - 40x + 40 can be written as a(x+h)^2 + k Find h
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Question 204936: I need a real life example of a quadratic function.
Equation:
x represents ____________________
y represents _____________________
First point: (x1,y1). ________________
Second point: (x2,y2). ________________
Thank you

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Question 204946: Find b^2-4ac adn the number of real solutions to this equation:
9m^2 + 16 = 24m
I am confused !!! Can you help me? :-)
Thanks,

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Question 204945: Solve by using quadratic formula:
x^2 +4x+3 = 0
Thanks !!!

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Question 204943: -3m^2-9m=0
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