Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
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1) QS =42 Given
2) QR + RS = QS Segment Addition Postulate
3) (x + 3) + 2x = 42 Substitution Property
4) 3x + 3 = 42 Simplify
5) 3x = 39 Subtraction Property of Equality
6) x=13 Division Property of Equality
Explanation:
We have given QS=42. We have to prove that x=13
We will use Segment Addition Postulate which states that given 2 points Q and S, a third point R lies on the line segment QS if and only if the distances between the points satisfy the equation QR + RS = QS.
Then we will substitute the values in the defined postulate.
where QR= x+3
RS=2x
QS=42
QR+RS=QS
(x+3)+2x= 42
Now simplify the expression by opening the brackets.
x+3+2x=42
3x+3=42
Now subtract 3 from both sides.
3x+3-3=42-3
3x=39
divide both sides by 3.
3x/3 =39/3
x=13..
State A has 25 drive-in movie screens and State B has 21. You find this by guess-and-checking different numbers that you could add together to get 46. You want to do numbers that are relatively close, as a difference in 4 is not much at all. You can divide 46 by 2 and then play around from there.
If the roots to such a polynomial are 2 and

, then we can write it as

courtesy of the fundamental theorem of algebra. Now expanding yields

which would be the correct answer, but clearly this option is not listed. Which is silly, because none of the offered solutions are *the* polynomial of lowest degree and leading coefficient 1.
So this makes me think you're expected to increase the multiplicity of one of the given roots, or you're expected to pull another root out of thin air. Judging by the choices, I think it's the latter, and that you're somehow supposed to know to use

as a root. In this case, that would make our polynomial

so that the answer is (probably) the third choice.
Whoever originally wrote this question should reevaluate their word choice...