Well, we can eliminate the first 2 options as an absolute value of either a positive or negative number will yield a positive number. The absolute value of 0 is 0. This there is only 1 solution for this, and that is 0. The solution would be C.
It can't be D, because in both cases the absolute value of -1 and 1 will be 1 and thus there are 2 solutions, -1 and 1.
Answer:
Solution 2. A right triangle is formed with the bottom of the flagpole, the snapped part, and the ground. One leg is of length $1 ...
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Step-by-step explanation:
A flagpole is originally $5$ meters tall. A hurricane snaps the flagpole at a point $x$ meters above the ground so that the upper part, still attached to the stump, touches the ground $1$ meter away from the base. What is $x$?
$\text{(A) } 2.0 \qquad \text{(B) } 2.1 \qquad \text{(C) } 2.2 \qquad \text{(D) } 2.4 \qquad \text{(E) } 2.5$
Solution 1
The broken flagpole forms a right triangle with legs $1$ and $x$, and hypotenuse $5-x$. The Pythagorean theorem now states that $1^2 + x^2 = (5-x)^2$, hence $10x = 24$, and $x=\boxed{2.4}$.
(Note that the resulting triangle is the well-known $5-12-13$ right triangle, scaled by $1/5$.)
Solution 2
A right triangle is formed with the bottom of the flagpole, the snapped part, and the g
Answer:
A. 52°
Step-by-step explanation:
All interior angles of ANY quadrilateral sum up to 360°; corresponding base angles sum up to 180°, therefore the m∠A is 52°.
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Answer:
y^2 +7y-30
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1: Use FOIL
y·y = y^2
y· 10= 10y
-3·y= -3y
-3·10= -30
Step 2: <em>combine like terms</em>
y^2+ 10y-3y-30
7^2+ 7y-30
and thats all :)
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