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Answer 87565 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-10 15:39:30 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with the given compound inequality
 Reverse the compound inequality by switching the outer sides and reversing the inequality signs
 Add 3 to all sides
 Divide every side by 7 to isolate y.
So the solution in interval notation is: (-3,0)
Now let's graph the solution set
Note: at  there is a open circle (which means this point is excluded) and at  there is a open circle (which means this point is excluded)
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expressions/119518: I really need help with these questions.
Evaluate each function for x= -2,0,and 5.
1.) y = 9 + x
2.) y = x^2 - 1
Please help me because I need to get this to my teacher tommorrow. 1 solutions
Answer 87562 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-10 15:34:29 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!#1
Let's evaluate
 Start with the given function.
 Plug in  . In other words, replace each x with -2.
 Multiply 1 and -2 to get -2
 Now combine like terms
-----------Now let's evaluate another value---------
Let's evaluate
 Start with the given function.
 Plug in  . In other words, replace each x with 0.
 Multiply 1 and 0 to get 0
 Now combine like terms
-----------Now let's evaluate another value---------
Let's evaluate
 Start with the given function.
 Plug in  . In other words, replace each x with 5.
 Multiply 1 and 5 to get 5
 Now combine like terms
#2
Let's evaluate
 Start with the given function.
 Plug in  . In other words, replace each x with -2.
 Evaluate  to get 4.
 Now combine like terms
-----------Now let's evaluate another value---------
Let's evaluate
 Start with the given function.
 Plug in  . In other words, replace each x with 0.
 Evaluate  to get 0.
 Now combine like terms
-----------Now let's evaluate another value---------
Let's evaluate
 Start with the given function.
 Plug in  . In other words, replace each x with 5.
 Evaluate  to get 25.
 Now combine like terms
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Radicals/119510: Find the distance between each pair of points.
1. (0,8)and(0,-4)
2. (2,6)and(-3,4)
I'm lost on where to start on this type of problem. 1 solutions
Answer 87548 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-10 13:15:12 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!#1
Start with the given distance formula
 where ) is the first point ) and ) is the second point
 Plug in  ,  ,  ,
 Evaluate  to get 0. Evaluate  to get 12.
 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 between (0,8) and (0,-4) is 12 units
#2
Start with the given distance formula
 where ) is the first point ) and ) is the second point
 Plug in  ,  ,  ,
 Evaluate  to get 5. Evaluate  to get 2.
 Square each value
 Add
So the distance approximates to
which rounds to
5.39
So the distance between (2,6) and (-3,4) is approximately 5.39 units
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Quadratic_Equations/119461: This question is from textbook Trigonometry
Solve the equation by extracting square roots - list both the exact solution and the decimal solution rounded to two decimal places.
(x+13)^2 = 25 1 solutions
Answer 87506 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-10 00:36:18 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
^2=25) Start with the given equation
 Take the square root of both sides
 Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver)
 Subtract 13 from both sides to isolate x.
Break down the expression into two parts:
or
Now combine like terms for each expression:
or
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Answer:
So our solution is
or
Notice when we graph the equations  and  we get:
 graph of  (red) and  (green)
Here we can see that the two equations intersect at x values of  and  , so this verifies our answer.
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Quadratic_Equations/119411: Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation.
-2x^2+x+8=0
Solve the equation.
x^2+18x+81=25
Simplify (square root of -175) using the imaginary number i. 1 solutions
Answer 87480 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-09 19:18:32 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!#1
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=-2, b=1, and c=8
 Square 1 to get 1
 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 -2 to get -4
So now the expression breaks down into two parts
 or
Now break up the fraction
 or
Simplify
 or
So these expressions approximate to
 or
So our solutions are:
 or
Notice when we graph  , we get:
when we use the root finder feature on a calculator, we find that  and  .So this verifies our answer
#2
 Start with the given equation
 Subtract 25 from both sides
 Combine like terms
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=18, and c=56
 Square 18 to get 324
 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
Lets look at the first part:
 Add the terms in the numerator
 Divide
So one answer is
Now lets look at the second part:
 Subtract the terms in the numerator
 Divide
So another answer is
So our solutions are:
 or
Notice when we graph  , we get:
and we can see that the roots are  and  . This verifies our answer
| Solved by pluggable solver: Simplifying Square Roots (whole numbers only) |
Start with the given expression
Factor out a negative 1
Break up the square roots using the identity 
Replace with (remember )
Now lets simplify :
The goal of simplifying expressions with square roots is to factor the radicand into a product of two numbers. One of these two numbers must be a perfect square. When you take the square root of this perfect square, you will get a rational number.
So let's list the factors of 175
Factors:
1, 5, 7, 25, 35, 175
Notice how 25 is the largest perfect square, so lets factor 175 into 25*7
Factor 175 into 25*7
Break up the square roots using the identity 
Take the square root of the perfect square 25 to get 5
So the expression simplifies to 
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Answer:
So the expression

simplifies to
(just reintroduce back in)
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Rational-functions/119412: Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation.
-2x^2+x+8=0
Solve the equation.
x^2+18x+81=25
Simplify (square root of -175) using the imaginary number i. 1 solutions
Answer 87479 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-09 19:17:33 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!#1
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=-2, b=1, and c=8
 Square 1 to get 1
 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 -2 to get -4
So now the expression breaks down into two parts
 or
Now break up the fraction
 or
Simplify
 or
So these expressions approximate to
 or
So our solutions are:
 or
Notice when we graph  , we get:
when we use the root finder feature on a calculator, we find that  and  .So this verifies our answer
#2
 Start with the given equation
 Subtract 25 from both sides
 Combine like terms
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=18, and c=56
 Square 18 to get 324
 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
Lets look at the first part:
 Add the terms in the numerator
 Divide
So one answer is
Now lets look at the second part:
 Subtract the terms in the numerator
 Divide
So another answer is
So our solutions are:
 or
Notice when we graph  , we get:
and we can see that the roots are  and  . This verifies our answer
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Start with the given expression
Factor out a negative 1
Break up the square roots using the identity 
Replace with (remember )
Now lets simplify :
The goal of simplifying expressions with square roots is to factor the radicand into a product of two numbers. One of these two numbers must be a perfect square. When you take the square root of this perfect square, you will get a rational number.
So let's list the factors of 175
Factors:
1, 5, 7, 25, 35, 175
Notice how 25 is the largest perfect square, so lets factor 175 into 25*7
Factor 175 into 25*7
Break up the square roots using the identity 
Take the square root of the perfect square 25 to get 5
So the expression simplifies to 
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Answer:
So the expression

simplifies to
(just reintroduce back in)
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/119395: Factor Completely:
9x^9 -16x^7 + 9x^6 -16x^4 1 solutions
Answer 87465 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-09 18:17:38 (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
 Start with the inner expression
 Group like terms
 Factor out the GCF  out of the first group. Factor out the GCF  out of the second group
 Since we have the common term  , we can combine like terms
 Now factor  by using the sum of cubes to get  and factor  by using the difference of squares to get
 Reintroduce the GCF
So  factors to
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Inequalities/119350: This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonmertry structure and method
graph the set of solution of each open sentence
1.)|2t+5|<7
2.)|w-5|>3 1 solutions
Answer 87463 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-09 18:11:54 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!#1
 Start with the given inequality
Break up the absolute value (remember, if you have  , then  and  )
 and  Break up the absolute value inequality using the given rule
 Combine the two inequalities to get a compound inequality
 Subtract 5 from all sides
 Divide all sides by 2 to isolate t
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Answer:
So our answer is
which looks like this in interval notation
if you wanted to graph the solution set, you would get
 Graph of the solution set in blue and the excluded values represented by open circles
#2
 Start with the given inequality
Break up the absolute value (remember, if you have  , then  or  )
 or  Break up the absolute value inequality using the given rule
Now lets focus on the first inequality
 Start with the given inequality
 Add 5 to both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
Now lets focus on the second inequality
 Start with the given inequality
 Add 5 to both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
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Answer:
So our answer is
 or
which looks like this in interval notation
if you wanted to graph the solution set, you would get
 Graph of the solution set in blue and the excluded values represented by open circles
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Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/119313: x-2 / 3 + 5x/2 = -3/5 1 solutions
Answer 87397 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-09 13:19:17 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given equation
 Multiply both sides by the LCM of 30. 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
 Combine like terms on the left side
 Add 20 to both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by 105 to isolate x
 Reduce
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Answer:
So our answer is  (which is approximately  in decimal form)
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Equations/119317: 25=5/9(x+32) 1 solutions
Answer 87396 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-09 13:18:20 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given equation
 Multiply both sides by the LCM of 9. 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
 Subtract 225 from both sides
 Subtract 5x from both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by -5 to isolate x
 Divide
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Answer:
So our answer is
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Equations/119318: 35=5/9(x+32) 1 solutions
Answer 87395 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-09 13:17:49 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 Start with the given equation
 Multiply both sides by the LCM of 9. 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
 Subtract 315 from both sides
 Subtract 5x from both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by -5 to isolate x
 Divide
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Answer:
So our answer is
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Rational-functions/119220: Perform the indication functions.
14x-7/x^2+3x-4 * x^2+6x+8/2x^2+5x-3 / x^2+2x/x^2+2x-3
1 solutions
Answer 87339 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-08 21:53:55 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's simplify the numerator
 Start with the given expression
 Factor  to get
 Factor  to get
 Factor  to get
 Factor  to get
 Combine the fractions
 Cancel like terms
 Simplify
So  simplifies to  . In other words
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So  becomes
 Multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction
 Factor  to get
 Factor  to get
 Combine the fractions
 Cancel like terms
 Simplify
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Answer:
So  simplifies to
In other words,
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Angles/119245: Find the measure of each unknown angle 1 solutions
Answer 87336 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-08 21:42:18 (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember, supplementary angles add to 180. So  these angles are the bottom left angles
 Start with the given equation
 Combine like terms on the left side
 Add 22 to both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
 Divide both sides by 4 to isolate x
 Reduce
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Answer:
So our answer is  (which is approximately  in decimal form)
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Now plug in  into  to find the angle
 Plug in
 Simplify
So the first interior angle  is 129.5 degrees
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Now plug in  into  to find the angle
 Plug in
 Simplify
So the second interior angle  is 91 degrees
Now subtract that answer from 180 to solve for the exterior angle y
So
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Now  into  to find the angle
 Plug in
 Simplify
So the third interior angle  is 65.5 degrees
Now subtract that answer from 180 to solve for the exterior angle z
So
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Since the sum of the 4 angles in any quadrilateral is 360 degrees, this means
Angle1+Angle2+Angle3+Angle4=360
 Plug in the given info. These are the angles that were previously solved for.
 Combine like terms
 Subtract 286 from both sides
 Combine like terms on the right side
Now subtract that answer from 180 to solve for the exterior angle u
So
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Answer:
So our answer is
So the fourth interior angle w is 74 degrees
Summary:
So we have the following angles:
 ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  and
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Equations/119222: This question is from textbook Algebra 1
Write each equation in standard form using integers.
just checking. is this right?
y=5x-32
5y=(5x-32)5
5y= 25x-160
-25x -25x
-25x+5y=-260
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i am having trouble on this.
30.)y= 7/3x + 25/3
thank you for reading this. i hope you reply as soon as possible!
thanks again! 1 solutions
Answer 87329 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-08 21:06:47 (Show Source):
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Angles/119221: hi1
i have a question but can send it by mail because it is a figure of a quadrilateral and we have to find the angles that are unknowm.
please relply to me and give me your mail or what ever so i can send you the question.
Its night here already
thankyou.
Desperatley seeking
hope to hear from you soon.... 1 solutions
Answer 87324 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-08 20:43:01 (Show Source):
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Proportions/119219: im doing homework in pre-algebra and i am not sure if it is proportions the book doesnt say but the problem is -10=-2b and it says you have to find the value of "b" but i cant figure out how 1 solutions
Answer 87320 by jim_thompson5910(28598) on 2008-01-08 20:32:51 (Show Source):
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