A=1/2bh
b=8+h
A=384
384=1/2(bh)
times 2
768=bh
sub
768=b(8+b)
768=8b+b^2
minus 768 both sides
0=b^2+8b-768
factor
0=(b-24)(b+32)
set to zero
b-24=0
b=24
b+32=0
minus 32
b=-32
false, legnths cannot be negative
b=24
24=8+h
minus 8
16=h
base=24ft
altetude=16ft
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given a graph and asked to find the slope.
So we can see two coordinate points, one on (0, 3) and (2, 0).
When trying to find slope, we use the method rise over run, which basically means y over x as a fraction, in which you then divide.
So count how many times it'll take for x to get to y, base it off the picture below
Since we see our numbers to be divided are 3 over 2, do the division and you get 1 1/2.
Would this be negative though? No, since the graph is in an increase, not a decrease.
The rules of exponents tell you to add exponents in the numerator and subtract those in the denominator. A power of a power causes the exponent to be multiplied.
To do this problem, you need to use a process called completing the square. Let me explain:
To complete the square on the function f(x) = x² + 8x +13, first group the first two terms in ( ) and leave some space at the end as follows:
f(x) = (x² + 8x ) + 13 Now our next step is to fill in the space and adjust our expression on the right hand side of the function. To do this, we take half of the middle number 8 and then square it: so 4² = 16 and we fill in our space inside the ( ) with this value 16;
f(x) = (x² + 8x + 16) + 13 now what we have done is to increase the overall value of our expression on the right by 16, but we want the overall value to remain the same. To fix this we simply need to subtract 16 at the end like this: f(x) = (x² + 8x + 16) + 13 -16 we can simplify and get the following.
f(x) = (x² + 8x + 16) - 3 At this point we're almost done.. All we need to do now is to rewrite the what is in the parentheses in a slightly different form. Here is what it will look like: f(x) = (x + 4)² - 3 notice all I did was take the sum of the square root of x² and the square root of 16 originally in the ( ) to get then new expression inside the ( ) and then square that ( )²
Now this is a nice form to have because you can get the vertex straight from this form.. IN FACT this is called vertex form or (h,k) form for short. In general the form is f(x) = a(x - h)² + k don't worry about the 'a' for now.. you might see that in our case it is just 1 and will not effect our equation. You only have to consider this if the original leading coefficient of the quadratic is not 1 to begin with...
So you can see that our vertex is (-4,-3)
Hope this is helpful, but if you have questions let me know.
