Get into ax²+bx+c=0 form
subsitute u=x⁴
x⁸-3x⁴+2=0
(x⁴)²-3(x⁴)+2=0
u²-3u+2=0
factor
(u-2)(u-1)=0
set to zero
u-2=0
u=2
u-1=0
u=1
wait, u=x⁴
2=x⁴
1=x⁴
+/-1=x
the subsitution is u=x⁴
and the possible values for x are -1,
, and 1
It looks about right to me.
Answer:
65.8 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
The number of strings required to tie each vertex to the other three will be ...
(4)(3)/2 = 6
Those strings will be perimeter strings plus two diagonal strings. The lengths of the perimeter strings are given as 12 ft and 7 ft. The lengths of the diagonal strings can be found using the Pythagorean theorem.
d² = 12² +7² = 144 +49 = 193
d = √193 ≈ 13.892
Then the total length of all strings is ...
L = 2(12.0 +7.0 +13.9) = 65.8 . . . . feet
The artist will need 65.8 feet of string.
Answer:
42 minutes.
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that:
y = 0.2*x
is the equation that that defines the distance, in miles, that the boat travels in x minutes.
We know that the dolphins are at 8.4 miles from the boat.
Then when we have y = 8.4, this will mean that the boat reached the dolphins.
Then we need to solve the equation:
y = 8.4 = 0.2*x
for x
To do that, we just need to isolate x in one side of the equation, so we can just divide both sides by 0.2 to get:
8.4/0.2 = (0.2*x)/0.2
42 = x
And x is time in minutes, thus, the boat needs to travel for 42 minutes to reach the dolphins.
Answer:
x=50 y=10
Step-by-step explanation: