Forty and ninety nine hundreths
To find how much time the machine that took the longer job is, you would create an equation in terms of X, the amount of time it takes one of the machines.
Please see the attached picture for the work.
51 minutes is the longer time.
34 minutes for the other machine.
To do this you must combine like terms as follows.
7x + 6x = 13x
7 - 9 = -2
Combine these together and you will get the following.
13 - 2 or -2 +13
The <em>quadratic</em> equation 3 · x² + 7 · x - 2 = 0 has a <em>positive</em> discriminant. Thus, the expression has two <em>distinct real</em> roots (<em>real</em> and <em>irrational</em> roots).
<h3>How to determine the characteristics of the roots of a quadratic equation by discriminant</h3>
Herein we have a <em>quadratic</em> equation of the form a · x² + b · x + c = 0, whose discriminant is:
d = b² - 4 · a · c (1)
There are three possibilities:
- d < 0 - <em>conjugated complex</em> roots.
- d = 0 - <em>equal real</em> roots (real and rational root).
- d > 0 - <em>different real</em> roots (real and irrational root).
If we know that a = 3, b = 7 and c = - 2, then the discriminant is:
d = 7² - 4 · (3) · (- 2)
d = 49 + 24
d = 73
The <em>quadratic</em> equation 3 · x² + 7 · x - 2 = 0 has a <em>positive</em> discriminant. Thus, the expression has two <em>distinct real</em> roots (<em>real</em> and <em>irrational</em> roots).
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