Attached a solution and showed work.
From the graph it's obvious that the mean of the first set of data is 15 and that of the second set of data is 7. I'd call that "a large difference."
4. Let the numbers be x - 2, x, and x + 2, where x is an odd number.
2(x² - 4) - 4x = (x + 2)² + 21
2x² - 8 - 4x = x² + 4x + 4 + 21
2x² - 4x - 8 = x² + 4x + 25
x² - 8x - 33 = 0
(x - 11)(x + 3) = 0
x = 11, or -3
When x = 11, x - 2 = 9, x + 2 = 13
When x = -3, x - 2 = -5, x + 2 = -1
Explanation: You are on the right track. However, rather than having three unknown variables, try to reduce your working out to one unknown variable. Since you know they are consecutive odd numbers, you can simply let x be the middle term and the other two be + and - 2, provided x is an odd number.
That will reduce your variable issues, and helps as the first and third provide a difference of two squares, and this works out very nicely.
Q5: is essentially the same process. Let your variables be something in the form of one unknown variable, and you should be okay from there. Let me know if you're stuck.
9514 1404 393
Answer:
$77.94
Step-by-step explanation:
The (signed) sum of charges and credits results in the total due:
$82.04 -4.10 = $77.94 . . . amount due
To solve for this we will follow PEMDAS to arrive at the correct answer so we have the following:
Based on calculations the correct answer is A
