Answer:
46.5 inches
Step-by-step explanation:
if you plug all the numbers in and then change them into simple shapes, like a square, rectangle, and triangle, you can just add the areas to those shapes and add them together.
We can solve this problem using discriminant.
x^2-4x-12's discriminant is
(-4)^2-4*-12=16+48 which is clearly larger than 0
This means that it crosses over the axes 2 times.
In case you don't know what discriminant is, its in equation ax^2+bx+c
the discriminant is b^2-4ac.
If its positive it has 2 crosses with x axis, if negative then 0 crosses, if 0 then 1 cross.
Hope this helped at least a little bit :D
The area of the base would be found using the area of a triangle formula which is 1/2 x base x height.
The base and height are the two sides perpendicular to each other, which are both 5 inches.
The area of the base = 1/2 x 5 x 5 = 12.5 square inches.
The volume of the triangular prism is the area of the base times the height, which is 4 inches.
Volume of the triangular prism is 12.5 x 4 = 50 cubic inches.
Volume of the triangular prism is 1/3 x area of base x height, which is 7:
Volume of the triangular prism = 1/3 x 12.5 x 7 = 29.17 cubic inches.
Total volume = 29.17 + 50 = 79.17 cubic inches.
