Answer: (B) x^3
Explanation:
If you compare the graphs of
all on the interval -1 < x < 0, you'll find that y = x^3 is the smallest when x = -1
Squaring a negative number leads to a positive result, and similarly that happens with x^4 as well. This is because x^4 = (x^2)^2.
Plugging x = -1 into x^3 leads to y = -1 as a result.
Let
x--------------> the number of slices eating by Consuela and her <span>three friends
we know that
[total slices]=8*2=16 slices
</span><span>[slices of pizza for her older brother]=2
x=16-2=14 slides
</span><span>Consuela and her friends share the rest of the pizza, each eating the same number of slices---------> 14/4= 3.5 slides of pizza each (</span><span>this part is not necessary, but it is shown in a didactic way)
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the question is
</span><span>What fraction of the 2 pizzas is left over?
</span>[slices of pizza for her older brother]/[total slices]=2/16=1/8
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the answer is (1/8)
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