Answer:
the answer is -5. you could really just use a calculator this is pretty basic math.
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
- Powers of the variable descending left to right
- right side of the equal sign is 0
Step-by-step explanation:
For some constants a, b, and c, the standard form* is ...
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
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It is nice if the leading coefficient (a) is positive, but that is not required.
The main ideas are that ...
- Powers of the variable are descending
- All of the non-zero terms are on the left side of the equal sign
- Like terms are combined
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* This is the <em>standard form</em> for a quadratic. For other kinds of equations, when the expression is equal to zero, this would be called "general form."
If x is the number of students on the field trip:
60 + 15x + 95 + 12x
Suppose

At the same time, we can write

Note that
(just reverse the sum). Let's pair the first terms of
and
, and the second, and the third, and so on:

Now, each grouped term in the sum on the right side adds to 151. There are 52 grouped terms on that same side (because there are 50 numbers in the range of integers 51-100, plus 50 and 101), which menas

But
, as we pointed out, so
