Integrating gives
To compute the integral, substitute 
, so that 
. Then
Since 
for all 
, we can drop the absolute value, so we end up with
Given that 
, we have
so that
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Explanation:</h2>
Let's use a trial and improvement method to find this solution.
Step 1. Let's choose x = 8.5
Substituting into the equation:
Step 2. Let's choose x = 8.4
Substituting into the equation:
Step 3. Let's choose x = 8.3
Substituting into the equation:
Since the sign of the equation changes from positive to negative when evaluating from 8.4 to 8.3, then x = 8.3 seems to be a reasonable value. Finally, the solution to 1 decimal place is:
So we know that there are 12 inches in a foot. With this information we can do this:
But if you look you can see that the fraction is not simplified. How can we simplify it? Well, what is the Greatest Common Factor of 9 and 12? Well, the answer is 3! So divide 9 and 12 by three! SO the answer would be:
I hope this helps!
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(x^2) <64 => (x^2) -64 < 64-64 => (x^2) - 64 < 0 64= 8^2 so (x^2) - (8^2) < 0 To solve the inequality we first find the roots (values of x that make (x^2) - (8^2) = 0 ) Note that if we can express (x^2) - (y^2) as (x-y)* (x+y) You can work backwards and verify this is true. so let's set (x^2) - (8^2) equal to zero to find the roots: (x^2) - (8^2) = 0 => (x-8)*(x+8) = 0 if x-8 = 0 => x=8 and if x+8 = 0 => x=-8 So x= +/-8 are the roots of x^2) - (8^2)Now you need to pick any x values less than -8 (the smaller root) , one x value between -8 and +8 (the two roots), and one x value greater than 8 (the greater root) and see if the sign is positive or negative. 1) Let's pick -10 (which is smaller than -8). If x=-10, then (x^2) - (8^2) = 100-64 = 36>0 so it is positive
2) Let's pick 0 (which is greater than -8, larger than 8). If x=0, then (x^2) - (8^2) = 0-64 = -64 <0 so it is negative3) Let's pick +10 (which is greater than 10). If x=-10, then (x^2) - (8^2) = 100-64 = 36>0 so it is positive Since we are interested in (x^2) - 64 < 0, then x should be between -8 and positive 8. So -8<x<8 Note: If you choose any number outside this range for x, and square it it will be greater than 64 and so it is not valid.
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