A traffic helicopter descends 182 meters to be 347 meters above the ground, as illustrated in the diagram to the right.Write and
equation to describe the situation using H as the original height of the helicopter. What was the original height of the helicopter?
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The correct answer is
In fact, this is a trinomial of the form
, whose solutions are given by
Using this formula for the trinomial of the problem, we find:
<span>we see that this trinomial has two coincident solutions (x=3 with multiplicity 2). This means that it can be rewritten as a perfect square, in the following form:
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In fact, this is a trinomial of the form
Using this formula for the trinomial of the problem, we find:
<span>we see that this trinomial has two coincident solutions (x=3 with multiplicity 2). This means that it can be rewritten as a perfect square, in the following form:
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