Question # 14
Given the numbers
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Let 'x' be the number
The condition breakdown:
I am less than 20.
- So the number 'x' must be less than 20 i.e. x < 20
I am more than 13.
- So the number 'x' must be greater than 13 i.e. x > 13
I am less than 17.
- So the number 'x' must be less than 17 i.e. x < 17
Finally:
I am 4 more than 12
i.e. 12+4 = 16
Thus, the number is x = 16
Question # 15
Part a)
Given the numbers
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Let 'x' be the number
The condition breakdown:
I am more than 10.
I am less than 20.
I am more than 12.
I am less than 15.
As the numbers left after all the conditions are fulfilled are 13 and 14.
- But the last condition is, of the numbers that left, the number is greater than all the remaining numbers.
So, from the remaining number 13 and 14;
14 > 13
Thus, the number x = 14
Part b)
Drawing the number 14 in the place value:
Chart
Tens Ones
1 4
x^8/x^5=27
x=3 when you flip the equation (rounded number)
F(g(x)) = f(3x+2) = h(x)=9x^2+12x + 6
Note that (3x+2)^2 = 9x^2 + 12x + 4, which is almost, but not quite, equal to h(x).
Let's experiment. What if f(x) = x^2 + 2?
Then f(3x+2) = (3x+2)^2 + 2 = 9x^2 + 12x + 4 + 2 = 9x^2 + 12x + 6, which is the same as the given h(x).
Thus, f(x) is x^2 + 2.