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DiKsa [7]
4 years ago
15

a student found the slope of a line that passes through the points (-3,10) and (5,-7) to be 3/8. what mistake did he make?

Mathematics
1 answer:
Yuki888 [10]4 years ago
5 0
Slope = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
slope = (-7-10) / (5 - (-3)
slope is supposed to be -17/8
I am guessing she made her mistake by adding a negative sign...the student did : (-7 - (-10) / (5 - (-3) = (-7 + 10) / (5 + 3) = 3/8
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x =(-2-√24)/2=-1-√ 6 = -3.449

x =(-2+√24)/2=-1+√ 6 = 1.449

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Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

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The middle term is,  +2x  its coefficient is  2 .

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Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant   1 • -5 = -5

Step-2 : Find two factors of  -5  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   2 .

     -5    +    1    =    -4

     -1    +    5    =    4

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Equation at the end of step  3  :

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Equations which are never true :

4.1      Solve :    3   =  0

This equation has no solution.

A a non-zero constant never equals zero.

Parabola, Finding the Vertex :

4.2      Find the Vertex of   y = x2+2x-5

Parabolas have a highest or a lowest point called the Vertex .   Our parabola opens up and accordingly has a lowest point (AKA absolute minimum) .   We know this even before plotting  "y"  because the coefficient of the first term, 1 , is positive (greater than zero).

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Parabola, Graphing Vertex and X-Intercepts :

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4.3     Solving   x2+2x-5 = 0 by Completing The Square .

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The Square Root Principle says that When two things are equal, their square roots are equal.

Note that the square root of

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Two real solutions:

x =(-2+√24)/2=-1+√ 6 = 1.449

or:

x =(-2-√24)/2=-1-√ 6 = -3.449

Two solutions were found :

x =(-2-√24)/2=-1-√ 6 = -3.449

x =(-2+√24)/2=-1+√ 6 = 1.449

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