<span><u><em>Answer:</em></u>
The difference between successive terms is 10
<u><em>Explanation:</em></u>
To know the factor by which a certain pattern is increasing/decreasing, you need to subtract its successive terms.
If the subtraction gives you 10, this means that the pattern is increasing by 10
<u>Examples:</u>
<u>10, 20, 30, 40, 50, .....</u>
20 - 10 = 10
30 - 20 = 10
40 - 30 = 10
50 - 40 = 10
The difference between each two successive terms is 10. This means that each time we add 10 to the number we have in order to get the next one.
Therefore, this pattern is increasing by 10
<u>37, 47, 57 , .....</u>
47 - 37 = 10
57 - 47 = 10
The difference between each two successive terms is 10. This means that each time we add 10 to the number we have in order to get the next one.
Therefore, the pattern is increasing by 10
Hope this helps :)</span>
let's multiply both sides by the LCD of all fractions, in this case is 4, just to do away with the denominators for a few seconds
![\bf f(x) = \cfrac{1}{4}x^2+\cfrac{1}{2}x-\cfrac{35}{4}\implies \stackrel{\textit{multiplying both sides by }\stackrel{LCD}{4}}{4[f(x)]=4\left( \cfrac{1}{4}x^2+\cfrac{1}{2}x-\cfrac{35}{4} \right)} \\\\\\ 4f(x) = x^2+2x-35\implies 4f(x) = (x+7)(x-5) \\\\[-0.35em] \rule{34em}{0.25pt}\\\\ ~\hfill f(x) = \cfrac{1}{4}(x+7)(x-5)~\hfill](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20f%28x%29%20%3D%20%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7Dx%5E2%2B%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7Dx-%5Ccfrac%7B35%7D%7B4%7D%5Cimplies%20%5Cstackrel%7B%5Ctextit%7Bmultiplying%20both%20sides%20by%20%7D%5Cstackrel%7BLCD%7D%7B4%7D%7D%7B4%5Bf%28x%29%5D%3D4%5Cleft%28%20%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7Dx%5E2%2B%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7Dx-%5Ccfrac%7B35%7D%7B4%7D%20%5Cright%29%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%204f%28x%29%20%3D%20x%5E2%2B2x-35%5Cimplies%204f%28x%29%20%3D%20%28x%2B7%29%28x-5%29%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5B-0.35em%5D%20%5Crule%7B34em%7D%7B0.25pt%7D%5C%5C%5C%5C%20~%5Chfill%20f%28x%29%20%3D%20%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7D%28x%2B7%29%28x-5%29~%5Chfill)
The surface area is 358.2 inches ^2
Hope this helps :)
There are 225 rooms. Half is filled, so half is empty.
2x + (2)9 = 48
2x + 18 = 48
Get 2x by itself
2x = 30
x = 15