Answer : 23
-5 * -4 = 20 ( when you multiply 2 negatives the answer is always positive )
20 + 3 = 23
Since it's so nicely grouped, we can work with it! For the equation to equal 0, x=0, 3, or -1 (since x-3 and x+1 equal 0 when plugged in with 3 and -1 respectively). All we have to do is plug in numbers before, between, and after these numbers and apply it to the rest of them. Since -1 is the smallest number of the group, we can plug in a number below that (for this example, -5) and plug it in to get -8*-5*-4= something negative since it contains an odd number of negative numbers. Therefore, anything less than 1 is negative. For between -1 and 0, we get x=-0.5 equals -0.5*-3.5*0.5=something positive (since it has an even amount of negative numbers), proving that everything between -1 and 0 here is positive. For something between 0 and 3, we can plug 1 in to get 1*-2*2= something negative. Do you see a pattern here? It's negative, then positive, etc.. Therefore, if the number is greater than 3 it is positive. Reviewing a bit, we can see that (-inf, -1) is negative as well as (0,3), making the interval notation (-inf, -1) U (0, 3) since when you plug -1, 0, and 3 in it is 0, not less than 0!
Answer: Width = 24 inches
Step-by-step explanation:
Let W represent the width of the rectangular sign.
The length of a rectangular sign is 6 inches more than half its width. It means that the length of the rectangular sign would be
W/2 + 6
The formula for determining the area of a rectangle is expressed as
Area = length × width
The area of the sign is 432 square inches. Therefore, the equation for the area of this sign would be
W(W/2 + 6) = 432
W²/2 + 6W = 432
Multiplying both sides of the equation by 2, it becomes
W² + 12W = 864
W² + 12W - 864 = 0
W² + 36W - 24W - 864 = 0
W(W + 36) - 24(W + 36) = 0
W - 24 = 0 or W + 36 = 0
W = 24 or W = - 36
Since W cannot be negative, then
W = 24
