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put this solution on YOUR website!1) By data it is given that price is related to diameter by a quadratic equation.
A general quadratic equation is given by f(x) =
We shall write it as y = f(x) =
==> y =
So now lets plug in all the given set of values, in the form of co-ordinates. This implies that it forms 3 equations.
3.39 = 64a + 8b + c ------------(1)
5.12 = 144a + 12b + c -----------(2)
7.29 = 256a + 16b + c -----------(3)
Let solve them simlutaneously.
Subtracting (1) & (2), we get:
1.73 = 80a + 4b --------------(4)
subtracting (2) & (3), we get:
2.17 = 112a + 4b ------------(5)
subtracting (4) & (5)
0.44 = 32a
==> a = 0.01375
Now by back substituion we find b
1.73 - 1.1 = 4b
0.63 = 4b
==> b = 0.1575
substitute the a and b value in one of the equations. So we get:
3.39 = 0.88 + 1.26 + c
3.39 - 2.14 = c
c = 1.25
Thus the quadratic equation would be
y =
Price of a 14 inch pizza would be just plug in x = 14 in the above equation we get:
y = $6.15
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2) Solve for x.

= 0
The given equation can be written as:

= 0

= 0
Using the quadratic formula we find the roots.
Substituting for the values we get:
Taking 2 as a common factor we get:
So the roots are: 5 + 7i/2 and 5 - 7i/2
The solutions are 5 + 7 i /2, 5-7 i/2
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3) What is the maximum product of two numbers whose sum is -6? What numbers yield this product? The max product is?
Let x and y be the two numbers.
It is given that the product is maximum and the sum is negative six.
so lets find the multiples of 6. They are + -1, +- 2, +-3, +-6
Taking them 2 at a time we find that -3 and -3 when added gives us -6
And their product gives us 9 which is the maximum number.
Hence the solution.
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4) solve for "n"
N =

/6
This can be written as:
6N =
Using the quadratic formula we get:
Substituing for the values, we get:
Thus the solution.
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