The product of three integers x, x+2, and x-5 is 240. What are the integers?
1 answer:
Answer:
8, 10, 3
Step-by-step explanation:
For finding real solutions to cubic equations and those of higher degree, I find a graphing calculator to be useful. The problem can be cast in the form ...
f(x) = 0
where f(x) is the difference between the product of the integers and 240:
f(x) = x(x +2)(x -5) -240
Then all we need to do is ask the calculator to show the x-intercept. It is x=8.
So, the three integers are ...
- x = 8
- x+2 = 10
- x -5 = 3
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Answer:
y = 2x -33
Step-by-step explanation:
The line segment from the center (6, 4) to the given point (16, -1) is a radius of the circle. It is perpendicular to the tangent. Hence you need to write the equation of a line through point (16, -1) that is perpendicular to the line through that point and (6, 4).
The slope of the radius is ...
... ∆y/∆x = (-1-4)/(16-6) = -5/10 = -1/2
The slope of the tangent is the negative reciprocal of that, so is ...
... m = -1/(-1/2) = 2
In point-slope form, the tangent line through (16, -1) is
... y = m(x -h) +k
... y = 2(x -16) +(-1)
Simplifying, this is ...
... y = 2x -33
