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Silicon is a member of Group 14 (IVA) in the periodic table. The periodic table is a chart that shows how chemical elements are related to one another. Silicon is also part of the the carbon family. Other carbon family elements include carbon, germanium, tin, and lead. Silicon is a metalloid, one of only a very few elements that have characteristics of both metals and non-metals.

Silicon is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust, exceeded only by oxygen. Many rocks and minerals contain silicon. Examples include sand, quartz, clays, flint, amethyst, opal, mica, feldspar, garnet, tourmaline, asbestos, talc, zircon, emerald, and aquamarine. Silicon never occurs as a free element. It is always combined with one or more other elements as a compound.By the early 1800s, silicon was recognized as an element. But chemists had serious problems preparing pure silicon because it bonds (attaches) tightly to oxygen. It took chemists many years to find out how to separate silicon from oxygen. That task was finally accomplished in 1823 by Swedish chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848).

Silicon's most important application is in electronic equipment. Silicon is one of the best materials from which to make transistors and computer chips. The total weight of silicon used for this purpose is relatively small. Much larger amounts are used, for example, to make metal alloys. An alloy is made by melting and mixing two or more metals. The mixture has properties different from those of the individual metals.

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Find the distance between the parallel lines m and n whose equations are

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Answer:Find the distance between the parallel lines m and n whose equations are y = x + 4 and y = x - 6, respectively.

There are several ways to do this...here's one

Let (0, 4) be a point on the first line

Then.......a line with a negative reciprocal slope going through this point will have the equation :

y = -x + 4........so......we can find the intersection of this line with y = x - 6....set both equations equal

-x + 4 = x - 6 add x, 6 to both sides

10 = 2x divide both sides by 2

5 = x

So...using -x + 4, the y value at intersection = -1.......

So...we just need to find the distance from (0,4) to ( 5, -1) =

√[ (5)^2 + (4 + 1)^2 ] = 5√2 ≈ 7.07 units

Here's a pic....AB is the distance with A = (0,4) and B = (5, -1)

Step-by-step explanation:

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2 years ago

A salesperson is paid a flat rate plus a fixed percentage of her sales. Last month, she sold $16,000 worth of goods and was paid

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Answer:

She will be paid $1,350

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the flat rate be $x and the fixed percentage be y% = y/100

Thus, her payment per month will be

x + (y% of monthly amount) = Payment

For the 1st month, her pay calculations will look like this;

x + y/100 *(16,000) = 1,600

x + 160y = 1600 •••••••••(i)

For the month before the last, her calculations would be;

x + y/100(12,000) = 1,400

x + 120y = 1,400 ••••••••(ii)

It is these two equations that we now solve simultaneously.

We can directly get this by subtracting equation ii from i

That would be;

(x-x) + (160y-120y) = (1600-1400)

40y = 200

y = 200/40

y = 5%

To get x, we can substitute in any of the equations

Let us use equation ii

x + 120(5) = 1,400

x + 600 = 1,400

x = 1,400-600

x = $800

Thus, for $11,000 , the equation will be as follows;

x + (y% of amount) = payment

= $800 + (5/100 * 11,000) = $800 + $550 = $1,350

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