Answer:
a is 2.5
b is 1
gradient is rise over run
I am not sure how to show you how to do a dot plot on this website, but to see how to do a dot plot
b) Put everything in order and find the middle
10, 10, 10, 20, 30, 30, 30, 30, 40, 50, 50, 50, 60, 60, 70, 70, 2040
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So 40 is in the middle, making it the median
c) Add all of the values together and divide by the total number of values.
10 + 10 + 10 + 20 + 30 + 30 + 30 + 30 + 40 + 50 + 50 + 50 + 60 + 60 + 70 + 70 + 2040 = 2660
2660 / 17 = 156.5
Add 2p² to each side of the equation. Then you have
2p² + 16p + 24 = 0 .
Before you roll up your sleeves and start working on it, you can make it
even more convenient if you divide each side by 2 . Then you have:
p² + 8p + 12 = 0 .
Now you have a nice, comfortable, familiar-looking quadratic equation.
You can either factor the left side into (p + 6) (p + 2), or, if you can't find
the factors, you can apply the quadratic formula to it.
That's how to solve it, and find its two solutions.
