8 seconds
The hardest part of this is setting up the equation -- the calculations are pretty easy.
You're told that the time (needed to go from 0 to 100 MPH) is inversely proportional to the horsepower: what this means is that as horsepower gets larger, time gets smaller. This makes sense since the more horsepower you have, the less time it will take you to get to 100 MPH
You can think of this as:
200 HP = 10 seconds
250 HP = x seconds
You set the equation up as:
250 HP / 200 HP = 10 sec / x sec
Now, just cross multiply and solve:
250 / 200 = 10 / x
250x = (200 x 10)
250x = 2000
x = 2000 / 250
x = 8
So, as you increase the horsepower from 200 to 250, the time decreases from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
Hope this helps!
Good luck.
Alrighty, so, 9 less hints to subtract. The product of 37 and x means that you're multiplying 37 and x. Therefore, I believe the answer that you're looking for is 37x-9.
Hope this helps! (:
Answer:
y = 2x^2 is a parabola opening up with it's vertex at (0,0)... y=3x^2 -4 is also a parabola opening up, but it is 'thinner' in that it rises in y faster and it's vertex is at (0,-4)
Step-by-step explanation:
all equations of the type y = ax^2 + b are parabolas centered on the y-axis, soo the vertex is always on (0,b)
If a is positive then the parabola opens up,
the bigger a is, the 'thinner' the graph is, i.e. the faster the graph rises
the value of b determines the location of the vertex, if b is added, then the vertex rises over the x-axis, if b is subtracted then the vertex is below the x-axis
Answer:
4/3
Step-by-step explanation:
Given two points, we can find the slope by using
m = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
= (20 - -16)/(7 - -20)
= (20+16)/(7+20)
= 36/27
=4/3
