A spinner has four unequal parts. Tony spun the spinner 16 times. The spinner landed on
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Answer:
The length of side <em>b</em> is 9.
Step-by-step explanation:
Triangles are similar if they have the same shape, but can be different sizes.
When two figures are similar, the ratios of the lengths of their corresponding sides are equal.
If you know that two objects are similar, you can use proportions and cross products to find the length of an unknown side. We know that the triangle is similar to the triangle
. Therefore the following relation must be true:
We know that side is equal to 8, side
is equal to <em>b, </em>side
is equal to
, and side
is equal to 3.
Substituting these values into the above relation and solving for <em>b</em> we get that:
We are given polynomial: .
We need to explain why the binomial (x + 2) IS a factor of this polynomial expression and why the binomial (x + 1) IS NOT a factor of this polynomial expression.
Let us set first factor equal to 0 and solve for x.
x+2=0
x=-2.
Plugging x=-2 in given polynomial, we get
<em>Because x=-2 gives 0 on plugging in given polynomial, so it's factor of given polynomial expression.</em>
Now, let us check second factor x+1=0
x=-1.
Plugging x=-1 in given polynomial, we get
=-5+8+7-6.
= -4.
<em>Because x=-1 doesn't gives 0 on plugging in given polynomial, so it's not a factor of given polynomial expression.</em>