Answer:
75=5*3*5
Step-by-step explanation:
5*3=15
15*5=75
1. The value of (cd)(x) is equal to the product of c(x) and d(x) which is equal to,
5(x + 3) / (x - 2)
The function can take all real numbers except 2 because that would make the denominator 0.
2. To answer, substitute first 5 to the given functions,
f(x) = 7 + 4x = 7 + 4(5) = 27
g(x) = 1/2x = 1 / (2)(5) = 1/10
Dividing 27 by 1/10 is 270.
The first column is the ratio you start with. The next column in the table should be the reduced fraction. To properly reduce a fraction, you divide the same number on the top and bottom of the fraction. Melody instead subtracted 1 in the top and bottom of the fraction to reduce it. She should have divided the top and bottom by 2 to get the second column of 1 pound of turkey and 3 people served.
The final column is designed to be the answer to the initial question of how many people are fed by 15 pounds of ground turkey. Starting with column 2 (the reduced ratio of 1/3), multiply the top by 15 to get 15 pounds of ground turkey. Then do the same to the bottom of the fraction. 3 x 15 = 45 people fed.
So the table should have been
Pounds of turkey 2 1 15
People served 1 3 45
Melody's overriding error was in believing that adding or subtracting numbers to both the top and bottom of a ratio/fraction keep its value the same. Instead, only multiplying or dividing the top and bottom by the same number creates an equivalent fraction.
