Hi Larry
x^3 - 168 = [ 24(x-2)] / 2
x^3 - 168 = (24x - 48)/2
x^3 - 168 = 12x - 24
Subtract 12x - 24 to both sides
x^3 - 168 - (12x - 24) = 12xx - 24 - (12x - 24)
x^3 - 12x - 144 = 0
Now, factor the left sides
(x - 6)(x^2 + 6x + 24) = 0
Set factors equal to 0
x - 6 = 0 or x^2 + 6x + 24 = 0
x = 0 + 6 or x^2 + 6x + 24 - 0
x = 6
Answer : X = 6
Good luck !
Answer:
Let x = the number
2(x-5) = 9
2x - 10 = 9
2x = 19
x = 9.5
Step-by-step explanation:
Since the perimeter must not exceed 291.
Let the third side be x.
x + 87 + 64 < 291
x + 151 < 291.
x < 291 -151.
x < 140. (First)
But for a triangle there is what is called the Triangle Inequality Theorem. That given the two sides of a tringle, the third side of the triangle must greater than the positive difference between the two sides and less than the sum of the two sides.
So for this case. 87 and 64.
x > ( 87 - 64). x > 23.
x < (87 + 64) x < 151. Combine both inequalities.
23 < x < 151 (second).
Combining First and second. Both must be satisfied.
So we have a more accurate answer as:
23 < x < 140. x is greater than 23 and x is less than 140.
x could be 24, 25, 26, 27, ......, 139. cm.
I hope this helps.
We start with

and wish to write it as

First, pull 2 out from the first two terms:

Let’s look at what is in parenthesis. In the final form this needs to be a perfect square. Right now we have

and we can obtain -10x by adding -5x and -5x. That is, we can build the following perfect square:

The “problem” with what we just did is that we added to what was given. Let’s put the expression together. We have

and when we multiply that out it does not give us what we started with. It gives us

So you see our expression is not right. It should have a -53 but instead has a -3. So to correct it we need to subtract another 50.
We do this as follows:

which gives us the final expression we seek:

If you multiply this out you will get the exact expression we were given. This means that:
a = 2
d = -5
e = -103
We are asked for the sum of a, d and e which is 2 + (-5) + (-103) = -106