Answer: x = 4 and x = -3/2
Procedure:
1) Given: 2x^2 - 5x - 12 = 0
2) Multiply both sides by : 2(2x^2) - 2(5x) - 2(12) = 0
3) Rearrange: (2x)^2 -5(2x) - 24 = 0
4) Notice that the common factor is (2x)
5) Set the parenthesis with the common factor inside:
(2x ) (2x ) =0
6) The first sign is the same sign of the second term of the trinomial, which is negative, the second sign is the product of the signs of the second and the third terms of the polynomial, which is (-)*(-) = + (positive)
(2x - )(2x + ) = 0
7) find two numbers that sum up - 5x and its product is -24.
- 8 + 3 = - 5
(-8)(+3) = -24
=> the numbers in the factors are -8 and +3
(2x - 8) (2x + 3) = 0
That is the factored equation. Now you can solve
8) a) 2x - 8 = 0 => 2x = 8 => x = 8/2 => x = 4
b) 2x + 3 = 0 => 2x = - 3 => x = - 3/2
Answer: the two solutions are x = 4 and x = -3/2
For it to be non-linear, the rate of change cannot be constant. For the first table the rate is a constant 1 and the second table has a constant rate of -1. The 3rd and 4th tables have no constant rate and thus are non-linear.
The 4th table is increasing while the 3rd table is decreasing.
So the 3rd table, Set C, is the only non-linear negative association between x and y.
Y+4= x blue bikes
G-2= x yellow bikes
4y+4= 8 blue bikes
4y+2= 6 green bikes
4y= 4 yellow bikes
8 blue bikes
+
6 green bikes
+
4 yellow bikes
=
18 bikes total
Answer:
a) 
b) The pollution level at 4 o'clock in the afternoon is of 280 parts per million.
Step-by-step explanation:
The pollution level in the center of a city at 6 am is 30 parts per million and it grows in linear fashion by 25 parts per million every hour.
This means that the pollution in t hours after 6 am is given by:
, which is the answer to question a.
b. The pollution level at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
4 in the afternoon is 10 hours after 6 am, so this is y(10).
The pollution level at 4 o'clock in the afternoon is of 280 parts per million.
Since the value of S is not given, and m is not given, It is already in its simplest form.
