Answer: Eric: The 10 is the initial amount, the 1/2 is the decay factor or the rate at which it decreases, and the exponent w is the number of weeks it decreases by factor 1/2, or the time. Andrea, 1 is the initial amount, 0.2 is the decay factor or rate of decrease, w is time passed or number of weeks it's decayed by the factor.
Step-by-step explanation: Answer is explanation
3x + 1 = (x-1)^2
3x + 1 = x^2 - 2x + 1
0 = x^2 -5x
0 = x(x-5)
x = 0,5
Hope this helps!
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Answer:
2/5
Step-by-step explanation:
The answer is common sense.
First, find slope of point A and B using slope formula:
<u>y2-y1</u> = <u>7-0 </u>= <u>-7</u>
x2-x1 3-8 5
Next, use the point-slope formula to find the equation (pick either point A or B to substitute into this equation; the answer will be the same either way):
y-y1=m(x-x1)
y-7=<u>-7</u>(x-3) (I used point B here)
5
y=<u>-7x</u> +<u>56</u> so the y-intercept is <u>56</u>. Hurray! Part 1 down!
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Now to answer part 2. Since AB ll CD, they have the same slope: <u>-7</u>
5
Therefore, you can use the handy point-slope equation to calculate the equation of line CD. (Remember you only need one of the points to use this equation if you already have the slope.) Since the only point given is D(5,5), we'll use that one:
</span>y-y1=m(x-x1)
y-5=<u>-7</u>(x-5)
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</span>y=<u>-7x</u> + 12 Yay! That's the answer to part 2; the equation of line CD
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