Somebody HELPPPPPSelect the correct answer. What is the value of this expression if a = - 7 and b = -37 a3 - b2
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You can find counterexamples to disprove this claim. We have positive integers that are perfect square numbers; when we take the square root of those numbers, we get an integer.
For example, the square root of 1 is 1, which is an integer. So if y = 1, then the denominator becomes an integer and thus we get a quotient of two integers (since x is also defined to be an integer), the definition of a rational number.
Example: x = 2, y = 1 ends up with which is rational. This goes against the claim that
is always irrational for positive integers x and y.
Any integer y that is a perfect square will work to disprove this claim, e.g. y = 1, y = 4, y= 9, y = 16. So it is not always irrational.
Answer:
Width = 18, height = 3
Or
Width = 6, height = 9
Step-by-step explanation:
Complete question
( A piece of sheet metal 24 inches wide is bent to form a gutter as shown in the picture below, if the cross sectional area is 54 square inches, find the depth of the gutter).
X = width, Y = height
X - 2y = 24........ equation i
X = 24 - 2y.......... equation ii
Area = xy
54 = xy........ equation iii
Put equation ii into equation iii
54 = (24 - 2y) * y
54 = 24y - 2y²
2y² - 24y + 54 = 0........ equation iv
Solving equation iv using quadratic methods,
Factors = (y-3), (y-9)
(Y-3)(y-9) = 0
y = 3 or y = 9
Substitute y = 3 or y = 9 into equation ii
X = 24 -2(3) = 18 or x = 24 - 2(9) = 6
If Width = 18, height = 3
Or
Width = 6, height = 9
