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Inequalities/133236: 12x + 5 ≤ 30 -2x
Help me please??!! 1 solutions
Answer 97430 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 19:02:11 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given inequality
 Subtract 5 from both sides
 Add 2x to both sides
 Combine like terms on the left side
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by 14 to isolate x
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Answer:
So our answer is  (which is approximately  in decimal form)
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Radicals/133228: Radical Expressions
simplify.
I am trying to help my daughter with her homework and I am at a loss. I have never seen problems like these, and surely am at a loss as where to start with them.
\/810+\/240-\/250 1 solutions
Answer 97427 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 16:58:46 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with the given expression
 Simplify  to get  . Note: If you need help with simplifying square roots, check out this solver.
 Simplify  to get  .
 Simplify  to get  .
 Combine like terms
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Answer:
So  simplifies to  . In other words,
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Linear-equations/133226: Please I am in dire need of this answer. it's urgent please.
Suppose a car rental company charges $150 for the first day and $100 for each additional or partial day. Let S(x) represent the cost of renting a car for x days. Find the value of S(5.5).
Happy easter.
1 solutions
Answer 97425 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 16:06:12 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Since the person has to pay $150 no matter what, this is the fixed cost. Also, since the cost for each day is $100, this is the variable cost. So the equation would follow the form
S(x)=Variable Cost * x + Fixed Cost
So in this case the equation is
 Now plug in  to evaluate S(5.5)
 Round 5.5 to 6 (remember, it's $100 per day or partial day)
 Multiply
 Add
So this means that when x=5.5 the cost is $750
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Graphs/133213: Find the equation of the line through the given pair of points in standard form using only integers?
(-4,-1) and (5,8) 1 solutions
Answer 97418 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 14:57:13 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!First lets find the slope through the points (  ,  ) and (  ,  )
 Start with the slope formula (note: ) is the first point (  ,  ) and ) is the second point (  ,  ))
 Plug in  ,  ,  ,  (these are the coordinates of given points)
 Subtract the terms in the numerator  to get  . Subtract the terms in the denominator  to get
 Reduce
So the slope is
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Now let's use the point-slope formula to find the equation of the line:
------Point-Slope Formula------
 where  is the slope, and ) is one of the given points
So lets use the Point-Slope Formula to find the equation of the line
 Plug in  ,  , and  (these values are given)
 Rewrite  as
 Rewrite  as
 Distribute
 Multiply  and  to get
 Subtract  from both sides to isolate y
 Combine like terms  and  to get
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Answer:
So the equation of the line which goes through the points (  ,  ) and (  ,  ) is:
The equation is now in  form (which is slope-intercept form) where the slope is  and the y-intercept is
Notice if we graph the equation  and plot the points (  ,  ) and (  ,  ), we get this: (note: if you need help with graphing, check out this solver)
Graph of through the points ( , ) and ( , )
Notice how the two points lie on the line. This graphically verifies our answer.
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Points-lines-and-rays/133221: Write the equation of the line perpendicular to y=2x-8 that passes through the point (4,0). 1 solutions
Answer 97417 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 14:54:12 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
| Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the Equation of a Line Parallel or Perpendicular to a Given Line |
Remember, any two perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of each other. So if you're given the slope of , you can find the perpendicular slope by this formula:
where is the perpendicular slope
So plug in the given slope to find the perpendicular slope
When you divide fractions, you multiply the first fraction (which is really ) by the reciprocal of the second
Multiply the fractions.
So the perpendicular slope is 
So now we know the slope of the unknown line is (its the negative reciprocal of from the line ).
Also since the unknown line goes through (4,0), we can find the equation by plugging in this info into the point-slope formula
Point-Slope Formula:
where m is the slope and ( , ) is the given point
Plug in , , and 
Distribute 
Multiply
Add to both sides to isolate y
Make into equivalent fractions with equal denominators
Combine the fractions
Reduce any fractions
So the equation of the line that is perpendicular to and goes through ( , ) is 
So here are the graphs of the equations and 
graph of the given equation (red) and graph of the line (green) that is perpendicular to the given graph and goes through ( , )
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Graphs/133211: Find the distance between the points, and find the midpoint of the line segment joining them? (9,8) and (2,1)
1 solutions
Answer 97409 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 14:13:43 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!First let's find the distance
Start with the given distance formula
 where ) is the first point ) and ) is the second point
 Plug in  ,  ,  ,
 Evaluate  to get 7. Evaluate  to get 7.
 Square each value
 Add
 Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver)
So the distance approximates to
which rounds to
9.89949
So the distance between (9,8) and (2,1) is approximately 9.89949 units
Now let's find the midpoint
In order to find the midpoint between the points (9,8) and (2,1), we need to average each corresponding coordinate. In other words, we need to add up the corresponding coordinates and divide the sum by 2.
So lets find the averages between the two points
To find  , average the x-coordinates between the two points
So the x-coordinate of the midpoint is 5.5 (i.e. x=5.5)
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To find  , average the y-coordinates between the two points
So the y-coordinate of the midpoint is 4.5 (i.e. y=4.5)
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Answer:
Since the coordinates of the midpoint are x=5.5, y=4.5, this means the midpoint is (5.5,4.5)
Check:
Here is a graph to visually see the answer
 Graph of the line segment with the endpoints (9,8) and (2,1) with the midpoint (5.5,4.5)
We could visually verify our answer if we simply draw right triangles from each point like this:
Here we can see that the two triangles are congruent (they both have a right angle and equal leg lengths), so our answer is verified.
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Linear-equations/133205: This question is from textbook algebra math 009
how are these resolved
7y+4=-3,
5/2x-1=x+1/4
3(w+3)=2w+3
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4 1 solutions
Answer 97406 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 13:03:36 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!# 1
 Start with the given equation
 Subtract 4 from both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by 7 to isolate y
 Divide
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Answer:
So our answer is
# 2
 Start with the given equation
 Multiply both sides by the LCM of 4. This will eliminate the fractions (note: if you need help with finding the LCM, check out this solver)
 Distribute and multiply the LCM to each side
 Add 4 to both sides
 Subtract 4x from both sides
 Combine like terms on the left side
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by 6 to isolate x
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Answer:
So our answer is  (which is approximately  in decimal form)
# 3
 Start with the given equation
 Multiply both sides by the LCM of 4. This will eliminate the fractions (note: if you need help with finding the LCM, check out this solver)
 Distribute and multiply the LCM to each side
 Distribute again
 Subtract 9 from both sides
 Subtract 8w from both sides
 Combine like terms on the left side
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by -5 to isolate w
 Reduce
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Answer:
So our answer is  (which is approximately  in decimal form)
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Age_Word_Problems/133204: rema is older than ken. the difference of their ages is 12 and the sum of their ages is 50. find the age of each 1 solutions
Answer 97405 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 12:49:38 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If "the difference of their ages is 12", then the first equation is  . Also, if "the sum of their ages is 50", then the second equation is  .
So let's solve this system by using substitution
Start with the given system of equations:
Now in order to solve this system by using substitution, we need to solve (or isolate) one variable. I'm going to solve for y.
So let's isolate y in the first equation
 Start with the first equation
 Subtract  from both sides
 Rearrange the equation
 Divide both sides by
 Break up the fraction
 Reduce
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Since  , we can now replace each  in the second equation with  to solve for
 Plug in  into the first equation. In other words, replace each  with  . Notice we've eliminated the  variables. So we now have a simple equation with one unknown.
 Combine like terms on the left side
 Add 12 to both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by 2 to isolate x
 Divide
-----------------First Answer------------------------------
So the first part of our answer is:
Since we know that  we can plug it into the equation  (remember we previously solved for  in the first equation).
 Start with the equation where  was previously isolated.
 Plug in
 Multiply
 Combine like terms
-----------------Second Answer------------------------------
So the second part of our answer is:
-----------------Summary------------------------------
So our answers are:
 and
So the two ages are 31 and 19
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Linear-equations/133203: This question is from textbook algebra math 009
How do I resolve this equation:
7n+5=10n-10 1 solutions
Answer 97402 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 12:18:11 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given equation
 Subtract 5 from both sides
 Subtract 10n from both sides
 Combine like terms on the left side
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by -3 to isolate n
 Divide
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Answer:
So our answer is
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Quadratic_Equations/133182: Solve.
x^2 + 6x -4 = 0
Here's what I think is the answer. Can someone tell me if I'm on the right track?
(-6 + sqrt (52)/2) (-6 - sqrt ( 52 )/2) 1 solutions
Answer 97393 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 11:37:26 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for x:
Starting with the general quadratic
the general solution using the quadratic equation is:
So lets solve  ( notice  ,  , and  )
 Plug in a=1, b=6, and c=-4
 Square 6 to get 36
 Multiply  to get
 Combine like terms in the radicand (everything under the square root)
 Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver)
 Multiply 2 and 1 to get 2
So now the expression breaks down into two parts
 or
Now break up the fraction
 or
Simplify
 or
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Answer:
So the exact solutions are
 or
So you are on the right track, but could simplify the answer.
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/133168: How do you factor the following problems step by step?
1. 9-x^2
2. 4x^2+81-36x
3. 4y^2+16y+16
4. x^-25/x+5 1 solutions
Answer 97376 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-22 00:14:00 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!I'll do the first two to get you started
# 1
 Start with the given expression
 Rewrite  as
 Rewrite  as
Now use the difference of squares. Remember, the difference of squares formula is  where in this case  and
 Plug in  and
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Answer:
So the expression
factors to
Notice that if you foil the factored expression, you get the original expression. This verifies our answer.
 Start with the given expression
 Rearrange the terms
Looking at  we can see that the first term is  and the last term is  where the coefficients are 4 and 81 respectively.
Now multiply the first coefficient 4 and the last coefficient 81 to get 324. Now what two numbers multiply to 324 and add to the middle coefficient -36? Let's list all of the factors of 324:
Factors of 324:
1,2,3,4,6,9,12,18,27,36,54,81,108,162
-1,-2,-3,-4,-6,-9,-12,-18,-27,-36,-54,-81,-108,-162 ...List the negative factors as well. This will allow us to find all possible combinations
These factors pair up and multiply to 324
1*324
2*162
3*108
4*81
6*54
9*36
12*27
18*18
(-1)*(-324)
(-2)*(-162)
(-3)*(-108)
(-4)*(-81)
(-6)*(-54)
(-9)*(-36)
(-12)*(-27)
(-18)*(-18)
note: remember two negative numbers multiplied together make a positive number
Now which of these pairs add to -36? Lets make a table of all of the pairs of factors we multiplied and see which two numbers add to -36
| First Number | Second Number | Sum | | 1 | 324 | 1+324=325 | | 2 | 162 | 2+162=164 | | 3 | 108 | 3+108=111 | | 4 | 81 | 4+81=85 | | 6 | 54 | 6+54=60 | | 9 | 36 | 9+36=45 | | 12 | 27 | 12+27=39 | | 18 | 18 | 18+18=36 | | -1 | -324 | -1+(-324)=-325 | | -2 | -162 | -2+(-162)=-164 | | -3 | -108 | -3+(-108)=-111 | | -4 | -81 | -4+(-81)=-85 | | -6 | -54 | -6+(-54)=-60 | | -9 | -36 | -9+(-36)=-45 | | -12 | -27 | -12+(-27)=-39 | | -18 | -18 | -18+(-18)=-36 |
From this list we can see that -18 and -18 add up to -36 and multiply to 324
Now looking at the expression  , replace  with  (notice  adds up to  . So it is equivalent to  )
Now let's factor  by grouping:
 Group like terms
 Factor out the GCF of  out of the first group. Factor out the GCF of  out of the second group
 Since we have a common term of  , we can combine like terms
So  factors to
So this also means that  factors to  (since  is equivalent to  )
note:  is equivalent to  since the term  occurs twice. So  also factors to
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Answer:
So  factors to
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Linear-equations/133147: Solve the system of equations using the addition (elimination) method.
If the answer is a unique solution, present it as an ordered pair: (x, y). If not, specify whether the answer is “no solution” or “infinitely many solutions.”
-7x + y = 8
2x – y = 2
1 solutions
Answer 97342 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 18:00:35 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given system of equations:
Now in order to solve this system by using elimination/addition, we need to solve (or isolate) one variable. I'm going to solve for y.
In order to solve for one variable, we must eliminate the other variable. So if we wanted to solve for  , we would have to eliminate  (or vice versa).
So lets eliminate  . In order to do that, we need to have both  coefficients that are equal in magnitude but have opposite signs (for instance 2 and -2 are equal in magnitude but have opposite signs). This way they will add to zero. By adding to zero, they can be eliminated.
So to make the  coefficients equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, we need to multiply both  coefficients by some number to get them to an common number. So if we wanted to get  and  to some equal number, we could try to get them to the LCM.
Since the LCM of  and  is  , we need to multiply both sides of the top equation by  and multiply both sides of the bottom equation by  like this:
 Multiply the top equation (both sides) by
 Multiply the bottom equation (both sides) by
Distribute and multiply
Now add the equations together. In order to add 2 equations, group like terms and combine them
Combine like terms and simplify
 Notice how the x terms cancel out
 Simplify
 Divide both sides by  to isolate y
 Reduce
Now plug this answer into the top equation  to solve for x
 Start with the first equation
 Plug in
 Multiply
 Add 6 to both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by -7 to isolate x
 Divide
So our answer is
 and
which also looks like
Now let's graph the two equations (if you need help with graphing, check out this solver)
From the graph, we can see that the two equations intersect at ) . This visually verifies our answer.
 graph of  (red) and  (green) and the intersection of the lines (blue circle).
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Linear-equations/133146: Solve the system of equations using the substitution method.
If the answer is a unique solution, present it as an ordered pair: (x, y). If not, specify whether the answer is “no solution” or “infinitely many solutions.”
-3x + y = 1
5x + 2y = -4
1 solutions
Answer 97341 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 17:59:35 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given system of equations:
Now in order to solve this system by using substitution, we need to solve (or isolate) one variable. I'm going to solve for y.
So let's isolate y in the first equation
 Start with the first equation
 Add  to both sides
 Rearrange the equation
 Divide both sides by
 Break up the fraction
 Reduce
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Since  , we can now replace each  in the second equation with  to solve for
 Plug in  into the first equation. In other words, replace each  with  . Notice we've eliminated the  variables. So we now have a simple equation with one unknown.
 Distribute  to
 Multiply
 Combine like terms on the left side
 Subtract 2 from both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by 11 to isolate x
 Reduce
-----------------First Answer------------------------------
So the first part of our answer is:
Since we know that  we can plug it into the equation  (remember we previously solved for  in the first equation).
 Start with the equation where  was previously isolated.
 Plug in
 Multiply
 Combine like terms (note: if you need help with fractions, check out this solver)
-----------------Second Answer------------------------------
So the second part of our answer is:
-----------------Summary------------------------------
So our answers are:
 and
which form the point
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Linear-equations/133144: Find the equation, in standard form, with all integer coefficients, of the line perpendicular to x + 3y = 6 and passing through (-3, 5).
1 solutions
Answer 97340 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 17:58:19 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!First convert the standard equation  into slope intercept form
Now let's find the equation of the line that is perpendicular to  which goes through (-3,5)
| Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the Equation of a Line Parallel or Perpendicular to a Given Line |
Remember, any two perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of each other. So if you're given the slope of , you can find the perpendicular slope by this formula:
where is the perpendicular slope
So plug in the given slope to find the perpendicular slope
When you divide fractions, you multiply the first fraction (which is really ) by the reciprocal of the second
Multiply the fractions.
So the perpendicular slope is 
So now we know the slope of the unknown line is (its the negative reciprocal of from the line ).
Also since the unknown line goes through (-3,5), we can find the equation by plugging in this info into the point-slope formula
Point-Slope Formula:
where m is the slope and ( , ) is the given point
Plug in , , and 
Distribute 
Multiply
Add to both sides to isolate y
Combine like terms
So the equation of the line that is perpendicular to and goes through ( , ) is 
So here are the graphs of the equations and 
graph of the given equation (red) and graph of the line (green) that is perpendicular to the given graph and goes through ( , )
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Now let's convert  to standard form
 Subtract 3x from both sides
 Rearrange the terms
So the equation that is perpendicular to  and goes through (-3,5) is
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Linear-equations/133143: Find the equation of the line that passes through the points (3, -2) and (4, -2).
1 solutions
Answer 97339 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 17:54:21 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!First lets find the slope through the points (  ,  ) and (  ,  )
 Start with the slope formula (note: ) is the first point (  ,  ) and ) is the second point (  ,  ))
 Plug in  ,  ,  ,  (these are the coordinates of given points)
 Subtract the terms in the numerator  to get  . Subtract the terms in the denominator  to get
 Reduce
So the slope is
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Now let's use the point-slope formula to find the equation of the line:
------Point-Slope Formula------
 where  is the slope, and ) is one of the given points
So lets use the Point-Slope Formula to find the equation of the line
 Plug in  ,  , and  (these values are given)
 Rewrite  as
 Distribute
 Multiply  and  to get  . Now reduce  to get
 Subtract  from both sides to isolate y
 Combine like terms  and  to get
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Answer:
So the equation of the line which goes through the points (  ,  ) and (  ,  ) is:
The equation is now in  form (which is slope-intercept form) where the slope is  and the y-intercept is
Notice if we graph the equation  and plot the points (  ,  ) and (  ,  ), we get this: (note: if you need help with graphing, check out this solver)
Graph of through the points ( , ) and ( , )
Notice how the two points lie on the line. This graphically verifies our answer.
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Linear-equations/133142: Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (2, 3) and (5, 8).
1 solutions
Answer 97338 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 17:50:27 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's denote the first point (2,3) as ) . In other words,  and
Now let's denote the second point (5,8) as ) . In other words,  and
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 Start with the slope formula
 Plug in  ,  ,  ,
 Subtract the terms in the numerator  to get  . Subtract the terms in the denominator  to get
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Answer:
So the slope of the line through the points (2,3) and (5,8) is
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/133112: Find the following. Assume that variables can represent any real numbers.
sqrt ( a+4 )^2
The a+4 should be in parenthesis with an exponent of 2 in a radical sign. I hope I explained that correctly. 1 solutions
Answer 97328 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 15:59:10 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!If you have something like  , how do you solve this? Well you simply take the square root of both sides like this
Notice how  simplifies to  . What's happening is the square root is undoing the square exponent.
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So the same thing is happening with  . If you can't see it, then let  to get
so this simplifies to  where x is positive
Now plug  into x to get
So this means that  simplifies to  . In other words,  where
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real-numbers/133116: solve for x: 5(x-2)=2(10+x) 1 solutions
Answer 97323 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 15:51:28 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given equation
 Distribute
 Add 10 to both sides
 Subtract 2x from both sides
 Combine like terms on the left side
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by 3 to isolate x
 Divide
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Answer:
So our answer is
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Sequences-and-series/133104: This question is from textbook
Use inductive reasoning to predict the next TWO numbers in the sequence.
80, –40, 20, –10, 5, . . .
I can't figure out what the pattern is her necessarily.
i get that its -120 +60 -30 +15 but i don't get what comes next.
Help me out with this please. 1 solutions
Answer 97320 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 15:34:52 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Notice how each term is cut in half and is negated (ie the sign is changed). In other words, each term is multiplied by
Cut the 1st term 80 in half and negate it to get –40. In other words,
Cut the 2nd term –40 in half and negate it to get 20. In other words,
Cut the 3rd term 20 in half and negate it to get –10. In other words,
Cut the 4th term –10 in half and negate it to get 5. In other words,
So to find the next two terms, simply multiply the last few terms by
So lets multiply the last term 5 by
So the next term is  or -2.5
Now lets multiply the last term  by
So the next term is  or 1.25
So the updated sequence is
80, –40, 20, –10, 5,  ,
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/133108: Factor completely.
252r^2 + 588rf + 343f^2
Thank you for any help you can give me in figuring this problem out. 1 solutions
Answer 97318 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 15:17:25 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given expression
 Factor out the GCF
Now let's focus on the inner expression
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Looking at  we can see that the first term is  and the last term is  where the coefficients are 36 and 49 respectively.
Now multiply the first coefficient 36 and the last coefficient 49 to get 1764. Now what two numbers multiply to 1764 and add to the middle coefficient 84? Let's list all of the factors of 1764:
Factors of 1764:
1,2,3,4,6,7,9,12,14,18,21,28,36,42,49,63,84,98,126,147,196,252,294,441,588,882
-1,-2,-3,-4,-6,-7,-9,-12,-14,-18,-21,-28,-36,-42,-49,-63,-84,-98,-126,-147,-196,-252,-294,-441,-588,-882 ...List the negative factors as well. This will allow us to find all possible combinations
These factors pair up and multiply to 1764
1*1764
2*882
3*588
4*441
6*294
7*252
9*196
12*147
14*126
18*98
21*84
28*63
36*49
42*42
(-1)*(-1764)
(-2)*(-882)
(-3)*(-588)
(-4)*(-441)
(-6)*(-294)
(-7)*(-252)
(-9)*(-196)
(-12)*(-147)
(-14)*(-126)
(-18)*(-98)
(-21)*(-84)
(-28)*(-63)
(-36)*(-49)
(-42)*(-42)
note: remember two negative numbers multiplied together make a positive number
Now which of these pairs add to 84? Lets make a table of all of the pairs of factors we multiplied and see which two numbers add to 84
| First Number | Second Number | Sum | | 1 | 1764 | 1+1764=1765 | | 2 | 882 | 2+882=884 | | 3 | 588 | 3+588=591 | | 4 | 441 | 4+441=445 | | 6 | 294 | 6+294=300 | | 7 | 252 | 7+252=259 | | 9 | 196 | 9+196=205 | | 12 | 147 | 12+147=159 | | 14 | 126 | 14+126=140 | | 18 | 98 | 18+98=116 | | 21 | 84 | 21+84=105 | | 28 | 63 | 28+63=91 | | 36 | 49 | 36+49=85 | | 42 | 42 | 42+42=84 | | -1 | -1764 | -1+(-1764)=-1765 | | -2 | -882 | -2+(-882)=-884 | | -3 | -588 | -3+(-588)=-591 | | -4 | -441 | -4+(-441)=-445 | | -6 | -294 | -6+(-294)=-300 | | -7 | -252 | -7+(-252)=-259 | | -9 | -196 | -9+(-196)=-205 | | -12 | -147 | -12+(-147)=-159 | | -14 | -126 | -14+(-126)=-140 | | -18 | -98 | -18+(-98)=-116 | | -21 | -84 | -21+(-84)=-105 | | -28 | -63 | -28+(-63)=-91 | | -36 | -49 | -36+(-49)=-85 | | -42 | -42 | -42+(-42)=-84 |
From this list we can see that 42 and 42 add up to 84 and multiply to 1764
Now looking at the expression  , replace  with  (notice  adds up to  . So it is equivalent to  )
Now let's factor  by grouping:
 Group like terms
 Factor out the GCF of  out of the first group. Factor out the GCF of  out of the second group
 Since we have a common term of  , we can combine like terms
So  factors to
So this also means that  factors to  (since  is equivalent to  )
note:  is equivalent to  since the term  occurs twice. So  also factors to
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So our expression goes from  and factors further to
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Answer:
So  factors to
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Quadratic_Equations/133089: Find the vertex and intercepts for h(x)= -x^2-2x+8 and sketch the graph? 1 solutions
Answer 97307 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 13:23:05 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Vertex:
To find the vertex, we first need to find the axis of symmetry (ie the x-coordinate of the vertex)
To find the axis of symmetry, use this formula:
From the equation  we can see that a=-1 and b=-2
 Plug in b=-2 and a=-1
 Negate -2 to get 2
 Multiply 2 and -1 to get -2
 Reduce
So the axis of symmetry is
So the x-coordinate of the vertex is  . Lets plug this into the equation to find the y-coordinate of the vertex.
Lets evaluate
 Start with the given polynomial
 Plug in
 Raise -1 to the second power to get 1
 Multiply 2 by -1 to get -2
 Negate any negatives
 Now combine like terms
So the vertex is (-1,9)
Intercepts:
Y-intercept:
To find the y-intercept, simply plug in x=0 and simplify
 Start with the given function
 Plug in
 Raise 0 to the 2nd power to get 0
 Multiply -1 and 0 to get 0
 Multiply 2 and 0 to get 0
 Subtract 0 from 0 to get 0
 Add 0 and 8 to get 8
So when  , we have  which means that the y-intercept is (0,8)
X-intercept:
To find the x-intercept, plug in y=0 and solve for x
 Start with the given equation
 Factor the left side (note: if you need help with factoring, check out this solver)
Now set each factor equal to zero:
 or
 or  Now solve for x in each case
So our answer is
 or
which means that the x-intercepts are
(-4,0) and (2,0)
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Notice if we graph  , we can visually verify our answer
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Quadratic_Equations/133088: solve by completing the square 2m^2-m-15=0? 1 solutions
Answer 97305 by jim_thompson5910(28595) on 2008-03-21 13:16:58 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with the given equation
 Add  to both sides
 Factor out the leading coefficient
Take half of the x coefficient  to get  (ie  ).
Now square  to get  (ie  )
 Now add and subtract this value inside the parenthesis. Doing both the addition and subtraction of  does not change the equation
 Now factor  to get
 Distribute
 Multiply
 Now add  to both sides to isolate y
 Combine like terms
 Now to solve for x, let
 Add  to both sides
 Divide both sides by
 Reduce
 Take the square root of both sides
 Take the square root of 121 to get 11. Take the square root of 16 to get 4.
 Add  to both sides
Break up the expression
 or
Combine the fractions
 or
Combine like terms
 or
Reduce
 or
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Answer:
So our solution is
 or
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