The answer is the second choice.
(4,4) is a solution to both line A and B
Let's factor the top and the bottom.
Top factors 4x + 20 = 4(x + 5)
Bottom x^2 + 2x - 15 = (x + 5)(x - 3)
The gcf is the largest value that will go into both the top and the bottom. In our problem the ONLY thing that will go into top and bottom is x + 5 so that is your GCF. (c)
Answer:
0, for q ≠ 0 and q ≠ 1
Step-by-step explanation:
Assuming q ≠ 0, you want to find the value of x such that ...
q^x = 1
This is solved using logarithms.
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x·log(q) = log(1) = 0
The zero product rule tells us this will have two solutions:
x = 0
log(q) = 0 ⇒ q = 1
If q is not 0 or 1, then its value is 1 when raised to the 0 power. If q is 1, then its value will be 1 when raised to <em>any</em> power.
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<em>Additional comment</em>
The applicable rule of logarithms is ...
log(a^b) = b·log(a)
