Answer:
<h3>-700</h3>
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
8
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's just call the number x for simplicity.
So, 7x is 8 less than x².
Putting this into an equation would look like this
x² - 8 = 7x
It looks like we'll have to factor this to solve. Before we do that we need to move the 7x to the left side so that everything is together.
x² - 7x -8 = 0
Now, we can proceed. To factor we first need to find the factors of -8.
The factors of -8 are
-2 ⋅ 4, -4 ⋅ 2, -1 ⋅ 8, 1 ⋅ -8.
We need to find the pair of factors that adds up to -7. The only ones that do are -1 and 8.
So now that we have these we can create a pair of binomials using them. This will give us the factored form of this equation.
( x + 1 ) ( x - 8 )
To find the solutions we will have to set them to 0 and solve each of these binomials individually.
x - 1 = 0
x = 1
So, one of the solutions is 1. It's not the one we want, since it's positive.
x - 8 = 0
x = 8
This is the one we want since it is positive.
Answer:
-6
Step-by-step explanation:
Add 2x-15 to both sides to get 2x=-12 or x = -6.
Only A
And only when x = 1
Nothing else works.
<h3>
Answer: Yes they are equivalent</h3>
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Work Shown:
Expand out the first expression to get
(a-3)(2a^2 + 3a + 3)
a(2a^2 + 3a + 3) - 3(2a^2 + 3a + 3)
2a^3 + 3a^2 + 3a - 6a^2 - 9a - 9
2a^3 + (3a^2-6a^2) + (3a-9a) - 9
2a^3 - 3a^2 - 6a - 9
Divide every term by 2 so we can pull out a 2 through the distributive property
2a^3 - 3a^2 - 6a - 9 = 2(a^3 - 1.5a^2 - 3a - 4.5)
This shows that (a-3)(2a^2 + 3a + 3) is equivalent to 2(a^3 - 1.5a^2 - 3a - 4.5)
