well, we know the piece-wise function is
hmmm so what's f(-1), namely what is f(x) when x = -1?
well, when x = -1, hmm -1 is less than 0, so the subfunction that applies to that will be when "x" is less than 0, namely the part of 7x + 10, so we can say
f(-1) = 7(-1) + 10
f(-1) = 3
so hmm what's f(0) or namely, what's f(x) when x = 0?
well, what subfunction applies when x = 0? well, it has to be the subfunction with "x greater or <u>equals</u> to 0", x ⩾ 0, so then is 7x + 20
f(0) = 7(0) + 20
f(0) = 20.
Given:
The parallel sides of a trapezium are 28.7 cm and 22.3 cm.
The distance between parallel sides is 16 cm.
To find:
The area of a trapezium.
Solution:
The area of the trapezium is:
Where, are parallel sides and
is the vertical distance between the parallel sides.
Putting in the above formula, we get
Therefore, the area of the trapezium is 408 square cm.