Well you gotta give us the problem first.
<h3>Given</h3>
A regular polygon with area 500 ft² and apothem 10 ft
Cost of fence is $7.95 per ft
<h3>Find</h3>
Part III The cost of fence around an area scaled to 60 times the size
<h3>Solution</h3>
You don't want to think too much about this, because if you do, you find the regular polygon has 3.087 sides. The closest approximation, an equilateral triangle, will have an area of 519.6 ft² for an apothem of 10 ft.
For similar shapes of scale factor "s", the larger shape will have an area of s² times that of the smaller one. Here, it appears the area scale factor s² is 60, so the linear scale factor is
... s² = 60
... s = √60 ≈ 7.7460
The perimeter fence of the 500 ft² area is presumed to be 100 ft long (twice the area of the polygon divided by the apothem—found in Part I), so the perimeter fence of the industrial farm is ...
... (100 ft)×7.7460 = 774.60 ft
and the cost to construct it is
... ($7.95/ft)×(774.60 ft) ≈ $6158
B is the correct answer. you can not multiply the first ratio be anything to make it equal the 2nd.
When you multiply the equation out and you simplify like terms you get.
2x^2 + 6xy + 4y^2
We know that the polynomial function is of degree 3, and that its roots are -4, 0, 2.
With this data we can write a generic equation for the function:
f (x) = bx (x + 4) (x-2)
Since the function is of degree 3 and cuts the axis at x = 0, then it has rotational symmetry with respect to the origin.
The graph of the function can be of two main forms, based on the value of the coefficient b.
If b is positive then the function grows from y = -infinite and cuts the x-axis for the first time in -4. Then it decreases, cuts at x = 0 and begins to grow again cutting the x-axis for the third time at x = 2. and continues to grow until y = infnit
If b is negative, then the function decreases from y = infinity and cuts the x-axis for the first time in -4. Then it grows, cuts at x = 0 and begins to decrease again by cutting the x-axis for the third time at x = 2, and continues to decrease until y = -infnit.
In the attached images the graphs of the function f (x) are shown assuming b = -1 and b = 1