The surest way to get many of the points needed to plot a quadratic is to use the quadratic formula. This will give the roots (real or imaginary). It will give you the completed square form also called the vertex form (if you know how to use the discriminant). It can easily give you the y intercept (which you can find before you use the quadratic formula). It gives the max or min upon solution.
The easiest one to use if it is available to you, is factoring. The quadratic may not be factorable. But if it is and you can see it, then this gives you 2 points immediately (the roots) and a third without much trouble (the y intercept). Factoring will also give you the x value of the vertex. (Find the average between the 2 roots)
This needs an example
Suppose you have y = (x - 5)(x - 9) The roots are 5 and 9, correct? So the x value of the vertex is (5 + 9)/2 = 7 It always works.
Completing the square always gives you the minimum or maximum right away. For example if you have y = (x - 2)^2 - 5 it means you have the vertex at (2,-5) You can get the roots easily enough. So this form is useful, but not as sure as the quadratic equation or as simple as factoring.
Graphing is the most certain way to check your answer. I find it the most useful thing to do with modern computers. There are all sorts of things that a graph will reveal that algebra by itself might be laborious and prone to leading you to mistakes. Graphing tends to correct that problem.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The prism with the pentagonal base's volume is 585 cm³.
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1:
The prism has a pentagonal base.
The volume of a prism with a pentagonal base, 
In the formula to determine the prism's volume, in the question, it is given that 
is equal to 45 cm².
Step 2:
So if we substitute 
in we get,
The value of h for the given prism is 13 cm, so
cm³.
The prism's volume is 585 cm³.
Answer: 96°
Step-by-step explanation:
If a triangle is being drawn, Angle A and C will be the two remote interior angles in the triangle. The sum of the two interior angles has to equal to the exterior angle.
Set them equal each other and solve for x.
(3x-6) + (6x +12) = 12x - 24 Combine like terms
9x + 6 = 12x - 24 Subtract 6 from both sides
- 6 -6
9x = 12x - 30 Subtract 12x from both sides
-12x -12x
-3x = -30 Divide both sides by -3
x = 10
Now since x is 10 degrees we will need to input the value into in for x in the exterior angle expression and break it down.
Exterior : 12(10) - 24
120 - 24 = 96
This means the measure of the exterior angle at vertex B is 96 degrees.
Answer:
1161/100
Step-by-step explanation:
