So since you know that x^2-1 is equal to (x-1)(x+1),
you can figure that this factors to
(y^2-x^3)(y^2+x^3)
because you know how the difference of two squares formula, stated on the top line of this answer.
Isolate the x. Subtract 4x from both sides, and add 2 to both sides
2x (-4x) - 2 (+2) > 4x (-4x) + 6 (+2)
2x - 4x > 6 + 2
Simplify. Combine like terms
-2x > 8
Isolate the x. Divide -2 from both sides. Note that you are <em>dividing a negative number</em>. When doing so, flip the sign.
-2x/-2 > 8/-2
x > 8/-2
x < -4
x < -4, or (1) is your answer
hope this helps
We have a bunch of rectangles making up the lateral sides of this figure. They have side length 12 and height 13.
So the area of one rectangle is 12 x 13 = 156.
We have 6 of these rectangles, so our lateral area is 6(156) = 936.
The total surface area requires that we include the area of the base. To find the area of a regular polygon we take half of the product of the apothem and perimeter.
A = (1/2)*a*p
The apothem is given to be 10.39,
and the perimeter is fairly easy to calculate:
With the side length being 12, the perimeter is then 6(12) = 72.
So then the area of our base is (1/2)*10.39*72 = 374.04
So then the total surface area is the (base area) + (lateral area),
374.04 + 936 = 1310.04
The concept of radicals and radical exponents is tricky at first, but makes sense when we look into the logic behind it.
When we write a radical in exponential form, like writing √x as x^(1/2), we are simply putting the power of the radical in the denominator (bottom number) of the exponent, and the numerator is the power we raise the exponent to, or the power that would be inside the radical.
In our example, √x is really ²√(x¹), or the square root of x to the first power. For this reason, we write it as x^(1/2).
Let's say we wanted to write the cubed root of x squared, in exponential form.
In radical form, it would look like this:
³√(x²) . This means we square x, and then take the cubed root.
In exponential form, remember that we take the power of the radical (3), and make that the denominator of the exponent, and keep the numerator as the power that x is raised to (2).
Therefore, it would be x^(2/3), or x to the 2 thirds power.
Just like when multiplying by a fraction, you multiply by the numerator and divide by the denominator, in exponential form, you raise your base number to the power of the numerator, and take the root of the denominator.
