Work problems are solved by first figuring out how much of the job they can do in each hour. Shawn can do 1/4 of the job in an hour and Ellie can do 1/6 of the job in an hour. 1/6+1/4=2/12+3/12=5/12. This means that they can do 5/12 of the job an hour. This means that together they can do the job in 2 2/5 hours. The foreman is obviously wrong because first of all Shawn can do it alone in 4 hours, so with Ellie he will do it faster, and second of all 2 2/5<5. Hope this helped!
Work out the top subtraction first:
3/9 - 8/12
= 1/3 - 2/3
= 1/3
and the bottom part:-
3/8 * 2 = 6/8 = 3/4
so now we divide -1/3 by 3/4
= -1/3 * 4/3 = -4/9
Answer:
(m) increased, (b) unchanged. g(x)
(m) decreased, (b) unchanged. m(x)
(m) unchanged, (b) increased. h(x)
(m) unchanged, (b) decreased. n(x)
f(x): m = -1/2 b = 2
g(x): m = 1/3 b = -3
h(x): m = 2 b = 0
