9. Raju sells a watch at 5% profit. Had he sold it for 24 more he would have gained 11%. Find the cost price of the watch.
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Answer:
y = 4
Step-by-step explanation:
For an exponential function in standard form
y = a
To find the values of a and b, use ordered pairs from the table
Using (0, 4 ), then
4 = a (
= 1 ), so
a = 4
y = 4
Using (1, 8 ), then
8 = 4 = 4b ( divide both sides by 4 )
2 = b
Thus
y = 4 ← exponential function
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Answer:
(a) -(x+7)/y
(b) (x+7)/-y
Step-by-step explanation:
There are several ways you can show expressions are equivalent. Perhaps the easiest and best is to put them in the same form. For an expression such as this, I prefer the form of answer (a), where the minus sign is factored out and the numerator and denominator have positive coefficients.
The given expression with -1 factored out is ...
Likewise, the expression of (b) with the minus sign factored out is ...
On the other hand, simplifying expression (c) gives something different.
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Another way you can write the expression is term-by-term with the terms in alpha-numeric sequence (so they're more easily compared).
Given: (-x-7)/y = (-x/y) +(-7/y)
(a) -(x+7)/y = (-x/y) +(-7/y)
(b) (x+7)/(-y) = (-x/y) +(-7/y)
(c) (-x-7)/(-y) = (x/y) +(7/y) . . . . not the same.
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Of course, you need to know the use of the distributive property and the rules of signs.
a(b+c) = ab +ac
-a/b = a/(-b) = -(a/b)
-a/(-b) = a/b
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<u>Summary</u>: The given expression matches (a) and (b).
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<em>Additional comments</em>
Sometimes, when I'm really stuck trying to see if two expressions are equal, I subtract one from the other. If the difference is zero, then I know they are the same. Looking at (b), we could compute ...
Yet another way to check is to substitute numbers for the variables. It is a good idea to use (at least) one more set of numbers than there are variables, just to make sure you didn't accidentally find a solution where the expressions happen to be equal. We can use (x, y) = (1, 2), (2, 3), and (3, 5) for example.
The given expression evaluates to (-1-7)/2 = -4, (-2-7)/3 = -3, and (-3-7)/5 = -2.
(a) evaluates to -(1+7)/2 = -4, -(2+7)/3 = -3, -(3+7)/5 = -2, same as given
(b) evaluates to (1+7)/-2 = -4, (2+7)/-3 = -3, (3+7)/-5 = -2, same as given
(c) evaluates to (-1-7)/-2 = 4, different from given