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Find an answer to your question The polynomial p(x) has factors of x – 5 and x + 8. Which MUST be correct?
Step-by-step explanation:
If x – a is indeed a factor of p(x), then the remainder after division by x – a will be ... the polynomial (courtesy of the Remainder Theorem), but x – a is also a factor ... completed division: 2 2 5 0 7 ... x + 4 is a factor of 5x4 + 16x3 – 15x2 + 8x + 16.
Answer:
Using Pythagoras Theorem, squareroot 15^2 - 5^2.
After you found the opposite length, use the cosine rule to find angle x.
In a 30 - 60 - 90 triangle the side opposite the hypotenuse is 1/2 the hypotenuse and which will be the shorter side. Read this over a couple of times till you realize that (x + 12)/2 is the shortest side.
[(x + 12) / 2]^2 + x^2 = (x + 12)^2 subtract [(x + 12)/2]^2 from both sides.
x^2 = (x +12)^2 - [ (x +12)/2]^2
x^2 = (x + 12)^2 [ 1 - (1/2)^2] You were given this as a question in school? It seems awfully hard.
x^2 = (x + 12)^2 [3/4]
4x^2 = 3*(x^2 + 24x + 144)
4x^2 = 3x^2 + 72x + 432
x^2 - 72x - 432 = 0 This is a quadratic, do you know what they are?
The solution to this comes to x = 77.56
I don't think I made a mistake, but it is sure possible.Check the numbers and my method.
