document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204830>Question 1204830</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a chemistry class, the students in lab derived a function to model the results of their experiment on the effect of heat on a chemical where x represents the number of minutes heat was applied at a constant temperature set by the lab instructions.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Their function was f(x) = 16x/x^2+2. The teacher said the function should have been g(x) = 12x/x^2+1. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Was there ever any time at which these two functions were the same.  If so, when?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) For what values of x is their derived function greater than the actual function? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use parentheses where needed.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"16x/x^2+2\" = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16x%2Fx%5E2%2B2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16x%2Fx%5E2%2B2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "or<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"16x/(x^2+2)\" = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16x%2F%28x%5E2%2B2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16x%2F%28x%5E2%2B2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The latter is more likely the right function; but there is no sense in our doing any work on the problem without knowing which is right.<br><BR>\n" );
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