Answer: 7.3 x 10^1 & 4400000.
Step-by-step explanation: Count the place holders and just add zeros to the exponential amount.
Looks like your function is
Rewrite it as
Recall that for 
, we have
If we replace 
with 
, we get
By the ratio test, the series converges if
Solving for gives the interval of convergence,
We can confirm that the interval is open by checking for convergence at the endpoints; we'd find that the resulting series diverge.
The easiest way to do it is graph it and count.
66.6% because 100 is 2/3rds of 150
The function, as presented here, is ambiguous in terms of what's being deivded by what. For the sake of example, I will assume that you meant
3x+5a
<span> f(x)= ------------
</span> x^2-a^2
You are saying that the derivative of this function is 0 when x=12. Let's differentiate f(x) with respect to x and then let x = 12:
(x^2-a^2)(3) -(3x+5a)(2x)
f '(x) = ------------------------------------- = 0 when x = 12
[x^2-a^2]^2
(144-a^2)(3) - (36+5a)(24)
------------------------------------ = 0
[ ]^2
Simplifying,
(144-a^2) - 8(36+5a) = 0
144 - a^2 - 288 - 40a = 0
This can be rewritten as a quadratic in standard form:
-a^2 - 40a - 144 = 0, or a^2 + 40a + 144 = 0.
Solve for a by completing the square:
a^2 + 40a + 20^2 - 20^2 + 144 = 0
(a+20)^2 = 400 - 144 = 156
Then a+20 = sqrt[6(26)] = sqrt[6(2)(13)] = 4(3)(13)= 2sqrt(39)
Finally, a = -20 plus or minus 2sqrt(39)
You must check both answers by subst. into the original equation. Only if the result(s) is(are) true is your solution (value of a) correct.
