The x-intercepts are indeed -1 and 1.
The increasing intervals are listed as (-1, 0) u (1, infinity) not because -1 and 1 are not included points of the function, but because the function is not differentiable in those points, so you can't tell whether the function is increasing or decreasing there.
Answer:
1. a. His new texting speed after one month is 2 + 1/2 = 2.5 characters per second.
b. After two months it will be 2 + (1/2) * 2 = 3 characters / second.
c. Answer is 2 + 1/2 * 3 = 3.5 characters/second/.
2. The answer is s = 1/2m + 2
3. To solve for m we write 8 = 1/2m + 2 → 6 = 1/2m → m = 12 months.
4. 10r + 4 = 8 → 10r = 4 → r = 0.4
5. The variable r represents the rate she must increase her texting speed by per month.
6. A scenario could be "Allison has 37 marbles in a jar. She took out 5 from the jar and wants to divide the remaining amount equally among her 8 friends. How many marbles does each friend get?".
I divided the whole number by 2 and that was 1445 and then divided 1445 by 2.50 which was 578 and did the same thing except divided by 7.50 so its 578 kids and 192 adults
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