The answer is 2.9. You would round up since there is a 5
Taking

and differentiating both sides with respect to

yields
![\dfrac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}\bigg[3x^2+y^2\bigg]=\dfrac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}\bigg[7\bigg]\implies 6x+2y\dfrac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx}=0](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdfrac%7B%5Cmathrm%20d%7D%7B%5Cmathrm%20dx%7D%5Cbigg%5B3x%5E2%2By%5E2%5Cbigg%5D%3D%5Cdfrac%7B%5Cmathrm%20d%7D%7B%5Cmathrm%20dx%7D%5Cbigg%5B7%5Cbigg%5D%5Cimplies%206x%2B2y%5Cdfrac%7B%5Cmathrm%20dy%7D%7B%5Cmathrm%20dx%7D%3D0)
Solving for the first derivative, we have

Differentiating again gives
![\dfrac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}\bigg[6x+2y\dfrac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx}\bigg]=\dfrac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}\bigg[0\bigg]\implies 6+2\left(\dfrac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx}\right)^2+2y\dfrac{\mathrm d^2y}{\mathrm dx^2}=0](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdfrac%7B%5Cmathrm%20d%7D%7B%5Cmathrm%20dx%7D%5Cbigg%5B6x%2B2y%5Cdfrac%7B%5Cmathrm%20dy%7D%7B%5Cmathrm%20dx%7D%5Cbigg%5D%3D%5Cdfrac%7B%5Cmathrm%20d%7D%7B%5Cmathrm%20dx%7D%5Cbigg%5B0%5Cbigg%5D%5Cimplies%206%2B2%5Cleft%28%5Cdfrac%7B%5Cmathrm%20dy%7D%7B%5Cmathrm%20dx%7D%5Cright%29%5E2%2B2y%5Cdfrac%7B%5Cmathrm%20d%5E2y%7D%7B%5Cmathrm%20dx%5E2%7D%3D0)
Solving for the second derivative, we have

Now, when

and

, we have
Answer:
The correct answer is "Study of tree rings and associated geology shows that the Earth is more than 12,429 years old"
Step-by-step explanation:
While tress have been growing long enough to prove the earth is more than 12,000 years old, it is not able to prove much longer than that. Luckily geology is able to show is that Earth is over 4.6 billions years old. As a result, the above is the only true statement.
If the line does not have a y int, then it means it does not cross the y axis....that means it is a vertical line.....its x int is (3,0)...so this equation for the line is x = 3
if the line does not have an x int, it means it does not cross the x axis...that means it is a horizontal line...its y int is (0,-4)...so the equation for this line is
y = -4