Answer:
56cm is not the answer for sure trust me
Step-by-step explanation:
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We are given with two functions here: h(x) is 5^-x and g(x) is 5^x . we are asked in the problem to determine the value of the expression (g-h)(x). In this case, we just have to employ subtraction to the given functions. That is
(g-h)(x) = 5^x - 5^-x
= 5^x -1/5^x
= (5^2x -1)/5^x
A good place to start is to set
to y. That would mean we are looking for
to be an integer. Clearly,
, because if y were greater the part under the radical would be a negative, making the radical an imaginary number, not an integer. Also note that since
is a radical, it only outputs values from
, which means y is on the closed interval:
.
With that, we don't really have to consider y anymore, since we know the interval that
is on.
Now, we don't even have to find the x values. Note that only 11 perfect squares lie on the interval
, which means there are at most 11 numbers that x can be which make the radical an integer. All of the perfect squares are easily constructed. We can say that if k is an arbitrary integer between 0 and 11 then:

Which is strictly positive so we know for sure that all 11 numbers on the closed interval will yield a valid x that makes the radical an integer.