Split the second term in 5x^2 + 23x + 26 into two terms
5x^2 + 13x + 10x + 26
Factor out common terms in the first two terms, then in the last two terms
x(5x + 13) + 2(5x + 13)
Factor out the common term; 5x + 13
<u>(5x + 13)(x + 2)</u>
4 TIMES THE HEIGHT OF A KIWI = 4X20 INCHES TALLER = 4X+20 4X+20 = 108 -20 = - 20 (Subtract 20 from both sides) 4X = 88 4X/4 =88/4 <span>X= 22 inches</span>
The final angle has an angle measure of 115 degrees.
We can set this problem up as an algebraic equation, which we can then solve to find our answer.
We start at -3. So we can start our equation with that:

However, this doesn't represent any change in temperature, just that we start at -3. To show change, we will use the variable
, where
stands for the number of hours. Each hour accounts for a change of -2.5 in degrees, meaning that we must multiply our
by -2.5. We can now add this term into our equation:

We are trying to find when we will reach -18 degrees, so we will set our entire equation equal to -18 and solve:



It will take us 6 hours, or choice A.