Answer: 10
Step-by-step explanation:
By the geometric mean theorem, if we let the length of the altitude to the hypotenuse be , this means that
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So, by the Pythagorean theorem,
-5(a + 3) = -55 What is the value of a?
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Answer:
1) Solutions are x = 3 and x = 5/3
2) Solution are x ≤ 13/2 and x ≤ -3/2
Step-by-step explanation:
1) Given absolute inequality,
|3x-7| = 2
⇒ 3x - 7 = ± 2
⇒ 3x = 7 ± 2
2) l 2x-5 l ≤ 8
⇒ 2x-5 ≤ ±8
⇒ 2x ≤ 5 ± 8