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5(12-3w)>15w+60 1 solutions
Answer 139405 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-09 18:32:35 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with the given inequality.
 Distribute.
 Subtract  from both sides.
 Subtract  from both sides.
 Combine like terms on the left side.
 Combine like terms on the right side.
 Divide both sides by  to isolate  . note: Remember, the inequality sign flips when we divide both sides by a negative number.
 Reduce.
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Answer:
So the answer is
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Graphs/185898: y is greater than or equal to x squared. how would you graph this?
1 solutions
Answer 139404 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-09 18:29:05 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!First, graph the equation  (this curve will serve as the boundary)
Note: since there is an '=' sign in the inequality, this means that the boundary is a solid line
 Graph of
Now pick a point that is NOT on the curve of  . Let's pick the point (0,1). This means that we have the values  and  . Now plug them into the inequality:
 Go back to the inequality
 Plug in  and
 Square 0 to get 0
Since this inequality is true, this means that we shade the ENTIRE region that this point lies in. So just shade the region above the graph to get the following:
Graph of  where the red line is the boundary equation  (solid line) with the shaded region in green.
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Conjunction/185877: Write the following compound statement in symbolic form
Let p: Today is Monday
q: Tomorrow is the day Sara leaves
If tomorrow is not the day Sara leaves, then today is Monday
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Answer 139403 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-09 18:20:19 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Note: the symbol  is used for "not" and  is used for "if...then..."
So "If tomorrow is not the day Sara leaves, then today is Monday " translates to "If NOT Q, then P" where NOT Q translates to  . Afterwards, the entire expression translates to
So "If tomorrow is not the day Sara leaves, then today is Monday " completely translates to
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Rectangles/185858: If i have the shortest side of a rectangle to be 8 how do i get the other three sides? 1 solutions
Answer 139384 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-09 16:12:08 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Well one of the three sides will be of the same length as the shortest side. So you'll have two sides that are 8 units in length.
To find the other 2 sides (which are both equal to each other), you're going to need either the area of the rectangle or the perimeter of the rectangle.
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logarithm/185778: Fill in the blank to make a true statement. To solve 8^x=26, we can take the logarithm of each side of the equation to get log (8^x)=log(26). The power rule for logarithms would then provide a way of moving the variable x from its position as an___________________________ to the position of a coefficient.
a) none of these
b) negative value
c) function
d) log
e) base
f) exponent 1 solutions
Answer 139383 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-09 16:02:42 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!The power rule for logarithms would then provide a way of moving the variable x from its position as an exponent to the position of a coefficient.
Note: the exponent is simply the term that is being "raised" over other terms. So for instance the "2" is the exponent of
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expressions/185857: -7 - 8 + 5 + (-2) - 6 = ?
I tried to do this problem but I'm not confident that I'm doing it correctly. Please show your work so I can better understand how to solve it.
Thank you 1 solutions
Answer 139382 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-09 15:58:32 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with the given expression
 Subtract -8 from -7 to get -15 (ie  )
 Rewrite  as
 Subtract 2 from 5 to get 3 (ie  )
 Add 3 to -15 to get -12 (ie  )
 Subtract -6 from -12 to get -15 (ie  )
So
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logarithm/185731: a=p(1+r/n)^nt
5000=250(1+r/4)^40
? I don't know where to go from here. 1 solutions
Answer 139379 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-09 15:54:41 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!I'm assuming that you want to solve for "r" right? If so, then I'll start where you left off.
 Start with the given equation
 Divide both sides by 250
 Reduce
 Take the 40th root of both sides (this is probably where you got stuck)
 Evaluate the 40th root of 20 to get roughly 1.0778
 Subtract 1 from both sides.
 Subtract
 Multiply both sides by 4 to isolate "r"
 Multiply
So the answer is  which means that the interest rate is 31.12% (just multiply by 100 to get a percentage)
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logarithm/185729: This question is from textbook Alegbra 2
Explain why the expression and are not defined. 1 solutions
Answer 139377 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-09 15:47:20 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with the given expression
 Set "y" equal to the expression
 Use the property  \Leftrightarrow b^y=x) to rewrite the equation.
Now the question is: what value of "y" will make  equal to -1? Since there is NO value of "y" that will make  negative (because  is ALWAYS positive), this means that there are no solutions to
This in turn means that you CANNOT take the log of a negative number (or zero).
So that's why  is undefined
In fact,  is undefined where  and
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 Start with the given expression
 Use the change of base formula  to rewrite the expression.
 Evaluate the log of 1 to get 0.
Now remember, division by zero is undefined. So we cannot go further.
So this shows us that  is undefined.
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Radicals/185800: √33/√77
Rationalize the denominator and simplify: 1 solutions
Answer 139373 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-09 15:35:18 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with the given expression
 Multiply both the numerator and denominator by
 Multiply  by  to get
 Factor 33 into 3*11 and factor 77 into 11*7
 Combine the roots.
 Multiply
 Break up the square root
 Take the square root of  to get 11
 Recombine the square roots.
 Multiply
 Factor 77 into 7*11
 Cancel out the common terms.
 Simplify
So
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Exponents/185816: Simplify. Assume all variables represent positive numbers. √ (x^4 y^3) 1 solutions
Answer 139367 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-09 15:19:06 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with the given expression
 Factor  to get  (note: we want to factor the expression into a product of squares)
 Factor  to get
 Break up the square root.
 Take the square root of  to get
 Take the square root of  to get
 Multiply
So  where every variable is non-negative.
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Conjunction/185765: This question is from textbook A Survey of Mathematics with Application
I am actually getting myself confused here: Please Help!
a.) If today is Monday, then tomorrow is not Wednesday.
b.) If it is false that today is Monday and tomorrow is not Wednesday
c.) Today is not Monday or tomorrow is Wednesday.
I personally would say that A & B are equivalent, but the more I read over it and convince myself that A & B are equivalent, the more I confuse myself. Can you please help me determine which statements are equivalent. Thanks A million everyone
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Answer 139314 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-08 22:27:26 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Let P = today is Monday and Q = today is Wednesday
Now translate:
a) "If today is Monday, then tomorrow is not Wednesday" translates to "If P then Q" which symbolically looks like
Now fill out a truth table:
| P | Q |  |  |
| T | T | F | F |
| T | F | T | T |
| F | T | F | T |
| F | F | T | T |
Note: let me know if you need help constructing a truth table
The truth values in red are the values we're going to compare later.
b) "If it is false that today is Monday and tomorrow is not Wednesday" translates to "It is NOT the case that P and not Q are true".
In symbolic form, the expression looks like:
Now fill out a truth table:
| P | Q |  |  | )
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| T | T | F | F | T |
| T | F | T | T | F |
| F | T | F | F | T |
| F | F | T | F | T |
c)
"Today is not Monday or tomorrow is Wednesday" translates to "Not P or Q" which looks like
Now make a truth table
| P | Q |  |  |
| T | T | F | T |
| T | F | F | F |
| F | T | T | T |
| F | F | T | T |
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Now comparing the truth values that are marked in red from parts a) to c), we see that the red truth values in tables b) and c) are identical. So this means that statements b) and c) are equivalent.
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Equations/185697: 1/4z = 1/3z - 2 1 solutions
Answer 139284 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-08 18:02:56 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given equation.
 Multiply EVERY term by the LCD  to clear any fractions.
 Multiply and simplify.
 Subtract  from both sides.
 Combine like terms on the left side.
 Divide both sides by  to isolate  .
 Reduce.
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Answer:
So the answer is
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Linear-equations/185657: Find the slope if it exists
3x-2y=4 1 solutions
Answer 139250 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-08 15:29:15 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given equation.
 Subtract  from both sides.
 Rearrange the terms.
 Divide both sides by  to isolate y.
 Break up the fraction.
 Reduce.
So the equation  is now in slope intercept form  where the slope is  and the y-intercept is
note: the y-intercept is the point
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Graphs/185654: I have another graph question. Grpah the line 2x+3y=12 Thanks so much. 1 solutions
Answer 139248 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-08 15:23:32 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with the given equation.
 Subtract  from both sides.
 Rearrange the terms.
 Divide both sides by  to isolate y.
 Break up the fraction.
 Reduce.
Looking at  we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form  where the slope is  and the y-intercept is
Since  this tells us that the y-intercept is ) .Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis
So we have one point
Now since the slope is comprised of the "rise" over the "run" this means
Also, because the slope is  , this means:
which shows us that the rise is -2 and the run is 3. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 2 and over 3
So starting at ) , go down 2 units
and to the right 3 units to get to the next point
Now draw a line through these points to graph
 So this is the graph of  through the points ) and
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Conjunction/185647: This question is from textbook A Survey of Mathematics with Application
Construct a truth table for (~q^p) -> ~q
Can you please assist me wit this, i don't even know where to start.
1 solutions
Answer 139245 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-08 15:16:05 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Note: the symbol '^' means "and", the '~' means "not" and '->' means "implies"
Remember, a ^ b is ONLY true if BOTH a and b are true (otherwise it is false)
For ~a, simply negate any true statements to get a false (and vice versa)
Finally, keep in mind that a -> b (a implies b) is only false if "a" is true but "b" is false.
Here's the basic outline of the table, let me know if you need me to go in depth for any column
p | q | ~q | ~q ^ p | (~q ^ p) -> ~q
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T | T | F | F | T
T | F | T | T | T
F | T | F | F | T
F | F | T | F | T
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Graphs/185641: Hey there...
How do you graph y=60
do you answer it like horizontal vertical or ughh
im confused help!!
thanksaton
1 solutions
Answer 139237 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-08 14:36:58 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Simply draw a horizontal line through the tick '60' on the y-axis (make sure you scale the graph correctly). Why is this a horizontal line? Since "x" is nowhere to be found, this means that no matter what "x" is y will ALWAYS be equal to 60. So you'll have points like (0,60), (-2,60), (-10,60), (44,60), etc...
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Quadratic_Equations/185634: Give exact and approximate solutions to three decimal places
(x+9)^2=16 1 solutions
Answer 139233 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-08 14:13:26 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given equation.
 Take the square root of both sides.
 or  Break up the "plus/minus" to form two equations.
 or  Take the square root of  to get  .
 or  Subtract  from both sides.
 or  Combine like terms.
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Answer:
So the solutions are  or  .
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Graphs/185637: how do you graph y=x? i have been trying to figure it out for an hour and cannot.
Thankyou for helping me. 1 solutions
Answer 139232 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-08 14:11:40 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Looking at  we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form  where the slope is  and the y-intercept is  note:  really looks like
Since  this tells us that the y-intercept is ) .Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis
So we have one point
Now since the slope is comprised of the "rise" over the "run" this means
Also, because the slope is  , this means:
which shows us that the rise is 1 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go up 1 and over 1
So starting at ) , go up 1 unit
and to the right 1 unit to get to the next point
Now draw a line through these points to graph
 So this is the graph of  through the points ) and
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Quadratic_Equations/185628: x^2+20=4x 1 solutions
Answer 139229 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-08 13:39:43 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given equation.
 Subtract 4x from both sides.
 Rearrange the terms.
Notice we have a quadratic equation in the form of  where  ,  , and
Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for x
 Start with the quadratic formula
 Plug in  ,  , and
 Negate  to get  .
 Square  to get  .
 Multiply  to get
 Subtract  from  to get
 Multiply  and  to get  .
 Take the square root of  to get  .
 or  Break up the expression.
 or  Break up the fraction for each case.
 or  Reduce.
 or  Simplify.
So the answers are  or
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Inequalities/185561: Please show me how to solve the following problem:
Thank you! 1 solutions
Answer 139202 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-08 00:47:52 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given inequality.
 Subtract  from both sides.
 Combine like terms on the right side.
 Divide both sides by  to isolate  .
 Reduce.
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Answer:
So the answer is
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/185548: Which binomial is factor of 2x^2 – 7x + 3? 1 solutions
Answer 139200 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-07 23:23:19 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Looking at the expression  , we can see that the first coefficient is  , the second coefficient is  , and the last term is  .
Now multiply the first coefficient  by the last term  to get  .
Now the question is: what two whole numbers multiply to  (the previous product) and add to the second coefficient  ?
To find these two numbers, we need to list all of the factors of  (the previous product).
Factors of  :
1,2,3,6
-1,-2,-3,-6
Note: list the negative of each factor. This will allow us to find all possible combinations.
These factors pair up and multiply to  .
1*6
2*3
(-1)*(-6)
(-2)*(-3)
Now let's add up each pair of factors to see if one pair adds to the middle coefficient  :
| First Number | Second Number | Sum | | 1 | 6 | 1+6=7 | | 2 | 3 | 2+3=5 | | -1 | -6 | -1+(-6)=-7 | | -2 | -3 | -2+(-3)=-5 |
From the table, we can see that the two numbers  and  add to  (the middle coefficient).
So the two numbers  and  both multiply to and add to
Now replace the middle term  with  . Remember,  and  add to  . So this shows us that  .
 Replace the second term  with  .
 Group the terms into two pairs.
 Factor out the GCF  from the first group.
 Factor out  from the second group. The goal of this step is to make the terms in the second parenthesis equal to the terms in the first parenthesis.
 Combine like terms. Or factor out the common term
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Answer:
So  factors to  .
So  and  are factors of
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/185549: Which binomial is a factor of 6x^2 + x – 2?
1 solutions
Answer 139199 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-07 23:21:41 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Looking at the expression  , we can see that the first coefficient is  , the second coefficient is  , and the last term is  .
Now multiply the first coefficient  by the last term  to get  .
Now the question is: what two whole numbers multiply to  (the previous product) and add to the second coefficient  ?
To find these two numbers, we need to list all of the factors of  (the previous product).
Factors of  :
1,2,3,4,6,12
-1,-2,-3,-4,-6,-12
Note: list the negative of each factor. This will allow us to find all possible combinations.
These factors pair up and multiply to  .
1*(-12)
2*(-6)
3*(-4)
(-1)*(12)
(-2)*(6)
(-3)*(4)
Now let's add up each pair of factors to see if one pair adds to the middle coefficient  :
| First Number | Second Number | Sum | | 1 | -12 | 1+(-12)=-11 | | 2 | -6 | 2+(-6)=-4 | | 3 | -4 | 3+(-4)=-1 | | -1 | 12 | -1+12=11 | | -2 | 6 | -2+6=4 | | -3 | 4 | -3+4=1 |
From the table, we can see that the two numbers  and  add to  (the middle coefficient).
So the two numbers  and  both multiply to and add to
Now replace the middle term  with  . Remember,  and  add to  . So this shows us that  .
 Replace the second term  with  .
 Group the terms into two pairs.
 Factor out the GCF  from the first group.
 Factor out  from the second group. The goal of this step is to make the terms in the second parenthesis equal to the terms in the first parenthesis.
 Combine like terms. Or factor out the common term
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Answer:
So  factors to  .
This means that  and  are factors of
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/185547: The sum of a positive number and its square is 12. What is the number? 1 solutions
Answer 139198 by jim_thompson5910(28478) on 2009-03-07 23:16:25 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!"The sum of a positive number and its square is 12" translates to
 Start with the given equation.
 Subtract 12 from both sides.
 Rearrange the terms.
Notice we have a quadratic equation in the form of  where  ,  , and
Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for x
 Start with the quadratic formula
 Plug in  ,  , and
 Square  to get  .
 Multiply  to get
 Rewrite  as
 Add  to  to get
 Multiply  and  to get  .
 Take the square root of  to get  .
 or  Break up the expression.
 or  Combine like terms.
 or  Simplify.
So the possible answers are  or
However, the problem states that the number is positive. So we must ignore
So the only answer is  which means that the number is 3
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