What a delightful little problem ! (Partly because I could see
right away how to do it, and had the answer in a few minutes,
after a lot of impressive-looking algebra on my scratch-paper.)
Three consecutive integers are . . . x, x+1, and x+2
The smallest two are . . . x and x+1
Their product is . . . . . x(x+1)
5 times the largest one is . . . 5(x+2)
5 less than that is . . . . . . 5(x+2)-5
Now, the conditions of the problem say that <u>x (x + 1) = 5 (x+2) - 5</u>
THAT's the equation we have to solve, to find 'x' .
Eliminate parentheses: x² + x = 5x + 10 - 5
Combine like terms: x² + x = 5x + 5
Subtract 5x from each side: x² - 4x = 5
Subtract 5 from each side: <u>x² - 4x - 5 = 0</u>
You could solve that by factoring it, or use the quadratic equation.
Factored, it says that (x + 1) (x - 5) = 0
From which <em>x = -1</em>
and <em>x = +5</em>
We only want the positive results, so our three consecutive integers are
5, 6, and 7 .
To answer the question, the smallest one is <em><u>5 </u></em>.
<u>Check</u>:
5 x 6 ? = ? (7 x 5) - 5
30 ? = ? (35) - 5
30 = 30
yay !
Answer: C; 3 4/2
Step-by-step explanation: A fraction exponent can be represented using a radical. The base number is the number in the radical. The numerator of the fraction is the exponent inside the radical. The denominator is the type of radical.
An exponential always crosses at (0,1) This function crosses at (0.6) meaning it has shifted up 5 units or +5. These means only answer options A and D are possible solutions. Also, since the graph starts high and ends low and leveling out, this means the base is less than 1. Only 3/4 is less than 1. Answer A is the solution.
hope this helps, thank you! :)
Answer:
176 words
Step-by-step explanation:
1) well we want to find the amount of words we'd be able to type in 4 minutes. so, what i did was:
<u>44 words</u> = <u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u>x</u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u>
1 minutes = 4 minutes
2) now look at how i set up the proportion, notice how i left a variable of x for the value i didn't know.
3) we also know that 1 times 4 is 4, so it'd also make sense to also multiply the numerator by 4 too!!
4) multiplying 44 by 4 would get us our answer which is 176
im not the best at math but i this explanation helped <33
The answer would be C) As the number of hours of studying increases, test scores increase because the scatterplot has a cluster that increases from left to right.
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Hope this helps. :)