Answer:
That's all you're doing is writing the equation for two lines and finding out where they intersect. The slope is how much the price is increasing or decreasing and the y-intercept is where the price is starting at.
x = number of hours
y = mx + b = 0.12(x + 3) + 15.21 {It's (x + 3) because we have to add the 3 hours between 9 and noon}
y = mx + b = -0.11x + 15.96 {The slope is negative because the price is decreasing}
Set them equal to each other
0.12(x+3) + 15.21 = -0.11x + 15.96
Now solve for x
0.12x + 0.36 + 15.21 = -0.11x + 15.96
0.12x + 15.57 = -0.11x + 15.96
0.12x + 0.11x = 15.96 - 15.57
0.23x = 0.39
x = 0.38 / 0.23 = 1.7 hours
Convert 0.7 into minutes
0.7 hours * (60 min / 1 hour) = 42 min
So the prices are the same 1 hour and 42 min after noon, which is 1:42 PM
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
(-1, 1)
Step-by-step explanation:
It's where they intersect.
Answer: 7 4/9
Step-by-step explanation:
Find least common denominator of 3 and 9, which is 9. So, 11 1/9 - 3 6/9 = 7 4/9
Step-by-step explanation:
The solutions are 2 and 5
Because it's asking what would make the triangles congruent, you would set up the equation like this because the angles (angle 3 and angle 4) need to be equal:
x^2 = 7x - 10
Next, you add 10 to both sides. This is so that you can move it to the other side, addition is the inverse of subtraction.
x^2 + 10 = 7x
Now subtract 7x from both sides. Subtraction is the inverse of addition. You do this to get it on the other side so you can factor it. You can move the 10 and 7x to the other side in any order or at the same time, I just did it like this.
x^2 - 7x + 10 = 0
Now, factor. I don't really know how to explain factoring, you just get a feel for it with a lot of practice.
(x - 2)(x - 5) = 0
You can use FOIL to check this if you want to. x(x) is x^2, -2(-5) is 10), -2x - -5x is -7x. Now, find what you need to do to make what's in each of the groups of parentheses equal to 0.
x - 2 = 0
x = 2
One of the solutions is 2, because you add 2 to x to get 0.
x - 5 = 0
x = 5
The other solution is 5, because you add 5 to x to get 0. Lastly, check your solutions by plugging them in to the original equation.
2^2 = 7(2) - 10
4 = 14 - 10
So 2 is definitely a solution.
5^2 = 7(5) - 10
25 = 35 - 10
5 is also a solution.
Hope that helps :]
Next time, please list the possible answer choices. Without them, all I can do is to attempt this problem without having those choices as guidelines.
I must assume that your expression x^4-5x+3/x^2+7 actually meant:
5x + 3
x^4 - ---------------
x^2 + 7
and I assume that this result was one of the several possible answer choices.
