0.16666666666 is the sum of your question
Answer:
x<-4
Step-by-step explanation:
open circle means 4 is not included
The first step is to determine the zeros of p(x).
From the Remainder Theorem,
p(a) = 0 => (x-a) is a factor of p(x), and x=a is a zero of p(x).
Try x=3:
p(3) = 3^3 - 3*3^2 - 16*3 + 48 = 27 - 27 - 48 + 48 = 0
Therefore x=3 is a zero, and (x-3) is a factor of p(x).
Perform long division.
x² - 16
-------------------------------------
x-3 | x³ - 3x² - 16x + 48
x³ - 3x²
-----------------------------------
- 16x + 48
- 16x + 48
Note that x² - 6 = (x+4)(x-4).
Therefore the complete factorization of p(x) is
p(x) = (x-3)(x+4)(x-4)
To determine when p(x) is negative, we shall test between the zeros of p(x)
x p(x) Sign
---- --------- ---------
-4 0
0 48 +
3 0
3.5 -1.875 -
4 0
p(x) is negative in the interval x = (3, 4).
Answer
The time interval is Jan. 1, 2014 to Jan. 1, 2015.
<span>The answer is B.
The reason being is that in this option they have set both sides of the equation separately equal to y. Since they are equal to each other, they would both have to be equal to an unknown y. This would look like this.
y = 1/4x - 3
y = 1/2x + 8.
Then to remove the fractions in each, they multiplied by the denominator associated with x. So, you multiply the first equation by 4.
4y = x - 12.
Then they solve for the numerical value at the end.
4y - x = -12.
You can do the same with the second equation.
y = 1/2x + 8
2y = x + 16
2y - x = 16
These are now the two equations above. </span>
