I think it’s always because the absolute value is always positive.
Answer:
a. Decay
b. 0.5
c. 4
Explanation:
If we have a function of the form

then
a = intital amount
b = growth / decay rate factor
x = time interval
If b > 1; then the equation is modelling growth. If b < 0, then the equation is modelling decay.
Now in our case, we have

Here we see that
inital amount = a = 4
b = 1/ 2 < 0, meaning the function is modeling decay
decay factor = b = 1/2
Therefore, the answers are
a. Decay
b. 0.5
c. 4
1) y=x+2
2) y=1/4x
3) y=-3x+0.5
4) y=0.2x+0.8
Answer:
80
Step-by-step explanation:
Triangles angles measure 180 degrees when added.
You have 2 at 50 which makes 100 degrees.
180 - 100 = 80 degrees
(x+2y+z) (x-2y-z)
= x^2 - 2xy - xz + 2xy - 4y^2 - 2yz + xz - 2yz - z^2 = x^2 - 4y^2 - 4yz -z^2
Hope it helped!