Create two similar, but not equal, right triangles using A (-5,-1) and b(4,3.5)
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Answer:
The attachment shows ΔBAC ~ ΔBDA
Step-by-step explanation:
You want segment AB to be part of two similar, but not congruent, triangles. One way to do that is to make AB the hypotenuse of one triangle and the leg of another.
It is convenient to construct these triangles using point M as the arbitrary midpoint of the hypotenuse of the larger triangle. (We don't know the coordinates of M—we just know it is on the perpendicular bisector of AB.) BC is a diameter of circle M, and AD is the altitude of ΔABC.
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Answer:
y = 2x³ +x² -3x +6
Step-by-step explanation:
The polynomial correlation function of a graphing calculator can work with the table of function values to give you the equation. (See attached)
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If you want to solve this by hand, you can write the equations for the unknown coefficients in the polynomial function, then solve those. First of all, notice that you are given the y-intercept, (0, 6), so you know one of the coefficients already. That leaves a system of 3 equations in 3 unknowns that need to be solved.
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<em>Writing the equations</em>
... ax³ +bx² +cx +6 = y . . . . the generic linear equation in a, b, c that you're writing
For x = -1:
... -a +b -c +6 = 8
For x = 1
... a + b + c + 6 = 6
For x = 2
... 8a +4b +2c +6 = 20
In augmented matrix terms, this set of linear equations looks like ...
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<em>Solving the equations</em>
There are a number of ways to solve these. Again, a graphing calculator often has solution functions, such as reducing a matrix to row-echelon form, that will solve this in a keystroke or two.
If you add the first two equations, you get ...
... 2b = 2 ⇒ b = 1
Substituting that into the first equation allows you to simplify it to ...
... -a -c = 1
Dividing the third equation by 2 (and substituting for b) makes it ...
... 4a +c = 5
Adding these equations gives ...
... 3a = 6 ⇒ a = 2
Then ...
... c = -a -1 = -2 -1 = -3
And our polynomial function is ...
... y = 2x³ +x² -3x +6
Answer:
The standard deviation of number of hours worked per week for these workers is 3.91.
Step-by-step explanation:
Problems of normally distributed samples can be solved using the z-score formula.
In a set with mean and standard deviation
, the zscore of a measure X is given by
After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.
In this problem we have that:
The average number of hours worked per week is 43.4, so .
Suppose 12% of these workers work more than 48 hours. Based on this percentage, what is the standard deviation of number of hours worked per week for these workers.
This means that the Z score of has a pvalue of 0.88. This is Z between 1.17 and 1.18. So we use
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The standard deviation of number of hours worked per week for these workers is 3.91.