It would be 3.75
I looked it up
Answer:
Slower speed = 9 mph
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the initial speed (slower speed) = s mph
Speed 's' = 
s = 
-------(1)
If the cyclist increases the speed by 3 mph then the final speed = (s + 3) mph
He can reduce the time 't' by 10 minutes (
hours)
Now, (s + 3) = 
s + 3 = 
--------(2)
Substitute the value of 's' from equation (1) to the equation (2).
6t² - t = 2
6t² - t - 2 = 0
6t² - 4t + 3t - 2 = 0
2t(3t - 2) + 1(3t - 2) = 0
(2t + 1)(3t - 2) = 0
t = 
hours
But the time can't be negative.
Therefore, t = 
hours is the answer.
From equation (1),
s = 
s = 9 miles per hour.
Slower speed = 9 mph is the answer.
988
A year later will depreciate $294
The following year $253
On the third year $217
The fourth year. $187
And the 5th year. $161
One nice thing about this situation is that you’ve been given everything in the same base. To review a little on the laws of exponents, when you have two exponents with the same base being:
– Multiplied: Add their exponents
– Divided: Subtract their exponents
We can see that in both the numerator and denominator we have exponents *multiplied* together, and the product in the numerator is being *divided* by the product in the detonator, so that translates to *summing the exponents on the top and bottom and then finding their difference*. Let’s throw away the twos for a moment and just focus on the exponents. We have
[11/2 + (-7) + (-5)] - [3 + 1/2 + (-10)]
For convenience’s sake, I’m going to turn 11/2 into the mixed number 5 1/2. Summing the terms in the first brackets gives us
5 1/2 + (-7) + (-5) = - 1 1/2 + (-5) = -6 1/2
And summing the terms in the second:
3 + 1/2 + (-10) = 3 1/2 + (-10) = -6 1/2
Putting those both into our first question gives us -6 1/2 - (-6 1/2), which is 0, since any number minus itself gives us 0.
Now we can bring the 2 back into the mix. The 0 we found is the exponent the 2 is being raised to, so our answer is
2^0, which is just 1.
