The equivalent to that is 8.
Let's factor the top and the bottom.
Top factors 4x + 20 = 4(x + 5)
Bottom x^2 + 2x - 15 = (x + 5)(x - 3)
The gcf is the largest value that will go into both the top and the bottom. In our problem the ONLY thing that will go into top and bottom is x + 5 so that is your GCF. (c)
Answer:
a. Current: 5 units/hour. Previous: 4.4 units/hour
b. Increase
Step-by-step explanation:
a. Current period productivity is 200 / 40 = 5 units/hour
Previous period productivity is 132 / 30 = 4.4 units/hour
b. As this week's productivity = 5 units/hours which is larger than last week's productivity = 4.4 units/hour. The worker's productivity for this week has increased.
1. Divide wire b in parts x and b-x.
2. Bend the b-x piece to form a triangle with side (b-x)/3
There are many ways to find the area of the equilateral triangle. One is by the formula A=

A=

Another way is apply the formula A=1/2*base*altitude,
where the altitude can be found by applying the pythagorean theorem on the triangle with hypothenuse (b-x)/3 and side (b-x)/6
3. Let x be the circumference of the circle.

so

Area of circle =

4. Let f(x)=

be the function of the sum of the areas of the triangle and circle.
5. f(x) is a minimum means f'(x)=0
f'(x)=

=0



6. So one part is

and the other part is b-