SOLUTION: In a chemistry class, the students in lab derived a function to model the results of their experiment on the effect of heat on a chemical where x represents the number of minutes h

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Question 1204830: In a chemistry class, the students in lab derived a function to model the results of their experiment on the effect of heat on a chemical where x represents the number of minutes heat was applied at a constant temperature set by the lab instructions.
Their function was f(x) = 16x/x^2+2. The teacher said the function should have been g(x) = 12x/x^2+1.
a) Was there ever any time at which these two functions were the same. If so, when?
b) For what values of x is their derived function greater than the actual function?
Answer by greenestamps(13203) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Use parentheses where needed.

"16x/x^2+2" = 16x%2Fx%5E2%2B2?

or

"16x/(x^2+2)" = 16x%2F%28x%5E2%2B2%29?

The latter is more likely the right function; but there is no sense in our doing any work on the problem without knowing which is right.

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