Answer:
a = 1, b = 1
Step-by-step explanation:
Expand the right side and compare the coefficients of like terms on both sides, that is
right side
(x - a)² + b ← expand factor using FOIL
= x² - 2ax + a² + b
Compare to left side x² - 2x + 2
Compare the coefficients of the x- term
- 2a = - 2 ( divide both sides by - 2 )
a = 1
Compare the constant terms
a² + b = 2 ( substitute a = 1 )
1² + b = 2
1 + b = 2 ( subtract 1 from both sides )
b = 1
Thus a = 1, b = 1
They expect a good test grade A+
Answer:
y= 128, x=52
Step-by-step explanation:
The Sum of all the angles in a quadrilateral is 360.
y is 128 because both those angles are equal
the other 2 angles are also equal to each other.
360 - 128-128= 104
104/2 is 52
The square root of 71 is equal to 8.426149773176359...., which is between 8 and 9.
To check: square of 8 is 64, and of 9 is 81: 71 is between those two numbers, as it should be.