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Proofs/687765: Hello I am supposed to symbolize English arguments using the schemes and abbreviations provided and then construct proofs to show that the arguments are valid.
This one is:
Either we should stop going places, or we should develop hydrogen-powered cars, or we should go on driving gasoline-powered cars. We should go on driving gasoline-powered cars only if we should destroy the ozone layer. We should not stop going places and we should not destroy the ozone layer. Therefore, we should develop hydrogen-powered cars. (P: We should stop going places; H: We should develop hydrogen-powered cars; G: We should go on driving gasoline powered cars;O: We should destroy the ozone layer)
So far I just tried to construct the abbreviation, but I don't feel like it fits with the forms.
I have:
Pv(HvG)
G<->O
P.o
H
And on top of that I am really not understanding how to formulate proofs for my class. I thought I was grasping it really well up until now. Any help would be appreciated. Walking me through the problem would be amazing.
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Answer 425332 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 21:52:34 (Show Source):
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I would love to talk to you about this one
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to get my email address. You are missing the negation symbols like for stop going places would be -g where - is the negation symbol.
email me and we will talk


Quadratic_Equations/687718: Find the equation of the parabola that passes through the points (2,3) and (10,3) and has a max value of y=35.
Can you please help me out? thanks in advance
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Answer 425322 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 21:16:44 (Show Source):
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Basically, we are dealing with a quadratic function. Generally, that will involve using the "vertex form"
y=a%28x-h%29%5E2%2Bb
so, we know that there is a maximum of y=35. what, in the formula, is the y value of the vertex of the parabola? (b)
Since the y values are the same on the given points, then the axis of symmetry is in the middle of them (2+10)/2 or 6. that is the h value of the vertex. If they were not the same y values, then we could still find the h value, but it would be more complicated:
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***alternative way to find h value Start***
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so we can insert that into the formula: y=a(x-h)^2+35
we also know two points that work. enter the first point and you get 3=a(2-h)^2+35
foil (2-h)^2 to get h^2-4h+4,
solve for "a"
a=-32/(h^2-4h+4)
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now plug the other point into y=a(x-h)^2+35
and you get 3=a(10-h)^2+35
subtract 35 from both sides
-32=a(10-h)^2
substitute -32/(h^2-4h+4) from the first equation in for a in the second equation.
You get:
-32=(-32(10-h)^2)/(h^2-4h+4)
reduce the -32's and move the h^2-4h+4 to the left
reduce to find the h value.
h=6
***alternative way to find h value Stop***
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so now you have y=a(x-6)^2+35
use one of the points for the x and y value to find "a"
3=a(4)^2+35
-32/16=a
a=-2
so
y=-2(x-6)^2+35


test/687735: could you guys help me with my algebra 2 math problems
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Answer 425302 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 20:41:10 (Show Source):
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/687732: what is
b^2-18b+80
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Answer 425301 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 20:39:52 (Show Source):
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I am guessing that you want to find the zeros or how to factor it.
It factors to (b-10)(b-8)
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Radicals/687722: i dont understand how to solve d^(-1/3)=.035 how do i get rid of the exponent on the d please help...
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Answer 425297 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 20:32:17 (Show Source):
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basically, you don't use logarithms...if that is what you are trying to do. You can get rid of the negative exponent by moving it to the bottom and making it positive (hopefully this jogs your memory on that).
So basically, you get 1%2F%28d%5E%281%2F3%29%29=.035
Then multiply both sides by d%5E%281%2F3%29 and divide both sides by .035 and you get 1%2F.035=d%5E%281%2F3%29
cube both sides to find d
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ps There are other ways/techniques of solving this as well.


Linear-systems/687688: Is c=0.05m+20 a linear equation?
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Answer 425284 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 19:22:05 (Show Source):
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Yes, it is a linear equation.
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Radicals/687540: the square root of 1/36
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Answer 425194 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 11:25:05 (Show Source):
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square root the top and the bottom
sqrt%281%2F36%29=sqrt%281%29%2Fsqrt%2836%29=1%2F6


logarithm/687545: log(x+9)-logx=3
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Answer 425192 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 11:22:45 (Show Source):
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Combine the two logarithms into a single logarithm
log[(x+9)/x]=3
rewrite in exponential form
10%5E3=%28x%2B9%29%2Fx
solve for x
1000=%28x%2B9%29%2Fx
1000x=x+9
999x=9
x=1%2F111
Verify this in your calculator by substituting 1/111 in for x.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Justin


Linear_Algebra/687524: How do I write this in a system?
The larger of two numbers is 6 less than 3 times the smaller number.
I need to have two variables. So I think it is
x=3y-6.
Did I do that right?
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Answer 425187 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 10:43:54 (Show Source):
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yes, but "systems" usually contain 2 or more equations. Is there more to the problem or do you just have to write an equation? Also, you might identify your variables and say that x is your larger number and y is the smaller number. Do you know what the 2 numbers sum is or anything else? If so, then you could write another equation and then solve the system.
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Word_Problems_With_Coins/687517: Aubrey has $4.00 of quarters and nickels in her coin purse. She has 3 times as many quarters as she does nickels. How many quarters and nickels does she have?
X=quarters
Y=nickels
I know how to solve. I just don't know how to set up the two equations.. I can use elmination or substitution.
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Answer 425183 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 10:28:00 (Show Source):
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Let q be the number of quarters and n be the number of nickels. The most important thing here is to understand that q is the NUMBER of nickels, not how much they are worth (same with q and quarters).
so, .25q+.05n=4
now we need to look at the relationship of quarters to nickels. It is tricky sometimes to write this part, is it 3n=q or 3q=n??? I read this as she has more quarters than nickels, (3 times as many to be exact). So which one would make the number of quarters larger than the number of nickels? 3n=q
I would use substitution at this point.
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logarithm/687515: Solve: log base 5 (3x-1) - log base 5 (x+5)= 0
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Answer 425182 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2012-11-30 10:13:46 (Show Source):
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using the subtraction property of logarithms, we can combine the two logarithms and get log base 5 [(3x-1)/(x+5)]=0
Then, we can rewrite the problem in exponential form.
I always say "a to the b equals c" for a general exponential form and then drop the a down to the base, move the "b" to the right side of the equals sign, and then move the c to the left. It looks something like this:
Exponential form: a%5Eb=c
Logarithm form: log base a of c=b
So, in this case, our "a" is 5, our "b" is 0 and our "c" is %283x-1%29%2F%28x%2B5%29
and we can write it in exponential form:
5%5E0=%283x-1%29%2F%28x%2B5%29
well, 5%5E0=1 because of the zero exponent property and therefore 1=%283x-1%29%2F%28x%2B5%29
Multiply both sides by (x+5) and then solve for x
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Functions/499798: find the range of the function: f(x) = 3x-5. with domain (-1,4]
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Answer 337862 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-18 15:12:09 (Show Source):
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The range (possible y values) is (-8,7]


Functions/499794: solve x^4*sqrtx and what is the domain?
Answer?? x^9/2
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Answer 337861 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-18 15:10:25 (Show Source):
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You are correct.
rewrite sqrt(x) as x^(1/2) and then when you multiply like bases, we add the exponents, so we get 4+1/2=9/2
the domain is x%3E=0 because you can not get a real answer by taking the square root of a negative number.


Systems-of-equations/499774: solve by addition 8x=-11y-16; 2x+3y=-4
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Answer 337854 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-18 15:02:35 (Show Source):
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I can help at http://www.scribblar.com/whh9htqcx
This is a free browser based online whiteboard.
The answer is (-2,0), but I will show the work at the above link.


Triangles/499782: if xy = 10 and xw = 12, what is vy?
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Answer 337853 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-18 14:57:00 (Show Source):
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I think you have something written wrong, we know nothing about v


expressions/499779: -8 + (-3)
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Answer 337852 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-18 14:53:09 (Show Source):


Human-and-algebraic-language/499764: TRANSLATE AND SIMPLIFY VERBAL EXPRESSION
A NUMBER A SUBTRACTED FROM THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER AND SEVENTEEN
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Answer 337845 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-18 14:36:12 (Show Source):
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17a-a
simplifies to: 16a


Triangles/499758: The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 7 inches more than the perimeter of a square, and the side of the triangle is 5 inches longer than the side of the square. Find the side of the square.
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Answer 337840 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-18 14:21:44 (Show Source):
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Let the Perimeter of the square be P=4s
Then the Perimeter of the triangle is P+7=3(s+5)
Substitute
4s+7=3(s+5)
4s+7=3s+15
s=8
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Linear-equations/499753: find the slope of each line whose equation is giving. if the slope is undefined, state this.
y=-4
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Answer 337839 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-18 14:17:04 (Show Source):
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This is all places where y=-4. So go straight down on the vertical (up and down) axis and you will find the value where y=-4, but y=-4 anywhere to the left or right of that point also, so the line y=-4 is all of those values. The slope is 0.
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Linear-equations/499754: eve's custom cuts has a graph displaying data from a recent day of work. at what rate does eve work?
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Answer 337837 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-18 14:14:36 (Show Source):
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That depends on the graph.
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logarithm/499734: what is the single logarithm of
logaX=logaY-logaZ
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Answer 337835 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-18 14:06:45 (Show Source):
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logaX=loga(y/z)
0=loga(y/z)-logaX
0=loga(y/(xz))
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/499478: Identify the degree of each term of the polynomial and the degree of the polynomial. -9x^3+5x^2+5x+5=
The degree of the first term is ________
The degree of the second term is __________
The degree of the third term is _________
The degree of the fourth term is __________
The degree of the polynomial is ___________
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Answer 337722 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-17 22:31:29 (Show Source):
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3-first term
2-second term
1-third term
0-fourth term
3-polynomial


test/499479: (6•6)/6
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Answer 337721 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-17 22:30:08 (Show Source):


Length-and-distance/499471: whats the perimeter of l(0,1) m(3,5) n(5,5) p(5,1)?














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Answer 337720 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-17 22:28:16 (Show Source):
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There are different methods of solving this, but the first step is to plot all the points on a graph. Next, you can either use the distance formula, simply count the squares, or use the pythagorean theorem. You can count squares for all but 1 side and I would recommend using the pythagorean theorem to find that side.
The side lengths are 5,4,2,5
therefore, the perimeter is the distance around the quadrilateral, which is
5+4+2+5=16. There may be units for this as well, so make sure you include units.


Quadratic_Equations/499477: For the following equation, state the value of the discriminate and then describe the nature of the solutions. -19x^2+8x+8=0
What is the value of the discriminant?
Which one of the statements below is correct?
A-The equation has two imaginary solutions.
B-The equation has two real solutions.
C-The equation has one real solution.
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Answer 337719 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-17 22:21:36 (Show Source):
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The discriminant is what is under the square root sign of the quadratic equation: b%5E2-4acif the discriminant is positive, then there are 2 real solutions, if it is 0, then there is 1 real solution, and if it is negative, then it has 2 imaginary solutions.
Let me know if this helps.


real-numbers/499473: What are the differences of Real numbers, irrationals, rationals,integers,whole numbers and natural numbers?
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Answer 337718 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-17 22:15:24 (Show Source):
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natural numbers are numbers we count with. We don't count with 0, so 0 is not included. (1,2,3,4...)
whole numbers add the 0 to the natural numbers, so (0,1,2,3,...)
Integers include negative numbers (-2,-1,0,1,2,...)
rationals can be written as a fraction of two integers a and b (-a/b, a/b...)
irrationals can not be written as a fraction. They are non repeating numbers like the square root of 2 or pi
real numbers include all rationals, irrationals and everything. They do not include square root of negative numbers though.
Hope this helps.


Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/499472: Find the value of the expression when z=-7.
2z-1/z-8
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Answer 337717 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-17 22:03:21 (Show Source):
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substitute -7 for z into the expression. Put parenthesis around it so you don't get confused.
I think that you may have your expression written wrong, so I am hesitant to solve this for you.
2z-1%2Fz-8will equal is different than %282z-1%29%2F%28z-8%29
the second equation will be equal to 1, the first equation will be a fraction


Rational-functions/499470: Where is P is the number of fish and x is the number of months since the fish were placed in the aquarium. ( I only typed everything out so you can have a better understanding of what I need help on)
51. one month after the fish are first placed in the aquarium, what is the total number of fish?
52. three months after the fish are placed in the aquarium, what is the total number of fish
53. six months after the fish are first placed int he aquarium, what is the total number of fish?
54. one year after the fish are first placed in the aquarium, what is the total number of fish? round out your answer to the nearest whole number.
55. using your answer answers for exercises 51 to 54, graph the function P (x)
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Answer 337711 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-17 21:57:47 (Show Source):
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Hi, you forgot to include the equation for this problem. Substitute x=1 into the equation and solve to find the answer to 51, x=3 and solve for the answer to 52, x=6 and solve for the answer to 53, x=12 and solve for answer to 54 and then plot the answers on a graph with the x axis (the horizontal left to right line) having 12 marks each representing 1 month (label the x axis "x months") and then the y axis will be the number of fish.
Hope this helps.


test/499467: -3x>9
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Answer 337710 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-17 21:51:50 (Show Source):
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in an inequality x%3C1, x%3E0, x%3C=0, x%3E=0, when you divide both sides of the inequality by a negative then you have to flip the inequality. so:
-3x%3E9
x%3C9%2F-3
x%3C-3


Number-Line/499468: Please help me solve this equation: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, _ _ _ _ . (:
Thank You In Advance <3
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Answer 337707 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-17 21:46:58 (Show Source):
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the first 2 terms (1 and 1) are given, and then each term is the sum of the two terms before it.
So
1 =given
1 =given
2=1+1
3+2+1
5=3+2
8=5+3
13=5+8
_=13+8
_=_+_

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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/499453: 4. Essay; show all work. Add the following polynomials:
(-1/3x^2-1/4x+3/4)+(1/2x^2-1/4x-1/2)

I do not understand how to do this !!!

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Answer 337703 by MRperkins(300) About Me  on 2011-09-17 21:42:06 (Show Source):
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you can add the x squared terms together, the x terms together and the constant terms together. In order to add fractions you need to get a common denominator, so 2/3 + 1/6 would need to be 4/6 + 1/6=5/6
-1/3 + 1/2 = -2/6 +3/6 =1/6, so your x^2 term will be %281%2F6%29x%5E2
Do this with the other terms as well. Be careful though when you subtract, because you will need to distribute the negative throughout the parenthesis and then combine the like terms.