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Answer:
x = 1, -5.56
Step-by-step explanation:
x^2 = -7x - 8
shift -7x and -8 to the other side . Remember when u shift minus changes into plus.
x^2 + 7x + 8 = 0
using quadratic equation formula
in quadratic equation one value comes positive and other comes in negative
a = 1 , b = 7 and c = 8
taking positive sign
x = (-b + ) /2*a
x = (-7 + ) /2*1
x = (-7 + ) /2
x = (-7 + )/ 2
x = -7 + 9 / 2
x = 2/2
x = 1
taking negative sign
(-b - ) /2*a
x = (-7 - ) /2*1
x = (-7 - ) /2
x = -7 - / 2
x = -7 - 4.12 / 2
x = -11.12/2
x = -5.56
therefore x = 1 , - 5.56
Answer:
17. See below
18. 750
Step-by-step explanation:
17. Since the lollipops are being sold at the same price, 50 cents, for each one sold, they make a constant amount of money. For each increase in lollipops sold, there is a constant increase in money made, and thus the situation is a linear function.
18. To solve this equation, let's say y is the money made at the convention in dollars and x is the number of lollipops sold. If the principal gave them 125 dollars before they sold any lollipops (0 lollipops sold), then 125 is the y-intercept of the function, and in the equation y=mx+b, b=125. If each lollipop costs 50 cents (half of a dollar), then for each lollipop, x, sold, .5 dollars are made and are added to the profit, y. Thus, .5 dollars is the slope. The equation then becomes:
Now, if they need 500 dollars, y is thus equal to 500 dollars. Solving the equation:
Thus, 750 lollipops must be sold.