Answer: A. divided the difference of the two quantities by the sum of the two quantities.
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Explanation:
The difference of the quantities is 20-15 = 5
The sum of the quantities is 20+15 = 35
Dividing those results leads to 5/35 = 0.142857 which rounds to 0.1429
That converts to 14.29%
This is likely the path Adam took. This path is incorrect. The correct steps are shown below
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Difference = 20-15 = 5
Divide the difference over the original quantity
5/20 = 1/4 = 0.25 = 25%
We have a 25% decrease because the new quantity (15) is smaller than the old quantity (20)
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Here's another way to approach the problem
A = old value = 20
B = new value = 15
C = percent change
C = [ (B-A)/A ] * 100%
C = [ (15-20)/20 ] * 100%
C = (-5/20)*100%
C = -0.25*100%
C = -25%
The negative C value means we have a negative percent change, ie we have a percent decrease. So this is another way to get a 25% decrease.
Yes it is a natural number
Answer:
p(x) = (5x - 1) (x + 3)
Step-by-step explanation:
I apologize if I couldn't answer correctly, the question was a bit hard to understand because of the formatting.
Also I didn't see my answer in the list of answer choices but here it is:
if the polynomial has zeros at 0.2 and -3 the equation would have to be:
p(x)=(x-0.2)(x+3)
This is because plugging either of those numbers into the polynomial would cause it to equal 0.
(x-0.2) can be simplified by multiplying everything in the parenthesis by 5, getting rid of all of the decimals, making the final answer:
p(x) = (5x - 1) (x + 3)
