Answer:
The total number of dollars you pay: Dependent
The time in months you keep your service: Independent
Answer:
a) see below
b) 40x20 meters
Step-by-step explanation:
Write down what you know:
- The area of the enclosure is length*width, so

- The length of the fencing is 80 meters, so

Now we have to combine these two equations above, and get rid of y in the process.
First rewrite the second as:

Then substitute for y in the first:

b) To maximize A, find the zero of the first derivative:

So y = (80-40)/2 = 20 meters.
Answer:
4
Step-by-step explanation:
two negative numbers multiplied together makes a positive number. so there could not be 1,3, or 5 negative numbers, but there could be 0,2, or 4 negative numbers.