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Answer:
(a) 6² +3² +1² +1² = 47
(b) 5² +4² +2² +1² +1² = 47
(c) 3³ +4² +2² = 47
Step-by-step explanation:
It can work reasonably well to start with the largest square less than the target number, repeating that approach for the remaining differences. When more squares than necessary are asked for, then the first square chosen may need to be the square of a number 1 less than the largest possible.
The approach where a cube is required can work the same way.
(a) floor(√47) = 6; floor(√(47 -6^2)) = 3; floor(√(47 -45)) = 1; floor(√(47-46)) = 1
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(b) floor(√47 -1) = 5; floor(√(47-25)) = 4; ...
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(c) floor(∛47) = 3; floor(√(47 -27)) = 4; floor(√(47 -43)) = 2
A "rational expression" is a fraction in which the numerator and the denominator are both polynomials. The sum of two such expressions will always produce another such expression, viz.,
<span>p(x)/q(x) + r(x)/s(x) = [p(x)s(x) + q(x)r(x)] / [q(x)*s(x)]. </span>
<span>The numerator and denominator of the sum will both be polynomials when fully expanded</span>
Since the y coordinate is the same for both points we only need to know the change in the x coordinates to find the distance between these two points.
5--12=17
So these two points are 17 units apart.
