Use simultaneous equations:
2x + 7 = x^2 + 8x - 9
7 = x^2 + 6x - 9
16 = x^2 + 6x
+ or - 4 = 7x
answer is
-4/7 or 4/7
The answer is A. The reason for this is because 2% of $300 is $6. Since 6 is less than 8, the answer is A.
The distribution of the number of occurrences of the letter t on the pages of a book is found to be a normal distribution with a mean of 44 and a standard deviation of 18. If there are 500 pages in the book, which sentence most closely summarizes the data?
A. The letter t occurs less than 26 times on approximately 170 of these pages.
B. The letter t occurs less than 26 times on approximately 15 of these pages.
C. The letter t occurs more than 26 times on approximately 420 of these pages.
D. The letter t occurs more than 26 times on approximately 80 of these pages.
.Answer:
<span>mean = 44 </span>
<span>sd = 18 </span>
<span>that means that "26" is 1 s.d. down, or at the 16th %ile </span>
<span>so, there is a .16 chance that "t" will occur less than 26 times on any single page. </span>
<span>consequently, there is a .84 chance that it will occur more than 26 times on any single page. </span>
<span>Using that information, and knowing that 16% of 500 is 80, and 84% of 500 is 420, can you see where "C" is correct? </span>
Consider the polynomial 
It has three terms and their greatest common factor is 
Since
then
(you write in brackets the same sign as the corresponding term has).
Answer: correct choice is D.
