A proportion looks like this:
It means that the quantity a,b,c and d are in the same proportion: the ratio between a and b is the same ratio between c and d.
They are particularly useful in situation when you have an example given, and you want to extrapolate the relationship for another couple.
For example, you can think of the following problem: "Five apples cost 2 dollars. How much will 8 apples cost?"
You can build the proportion
And then solve it for x:
y2-y1 / x2-x1 is how to get slop3 for 2 points (x1,y1) and (x2, y2). So 4-1 / 2-0 and the slope is 3/2. If this is right could you possibly give me brainliest? Hope this helped.
Given the equation - x² + 5x = 3, which can be rewritten as:
- x² + 5x - 3 = 0
where a = -1, b = 5 and c = -3.
Quadratic formula:
![\frac{-b\text{ }\pm\text{ }\sqrt[]{b^2\text{ - 4ac}}}{2a}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B-b%5Ctext%7B%20%7D%5Cpm%5Ctext%7B%20%7D%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7Bb%5E2%5Ctext%7B%20-%204ac%7D%7D%7D%7B2a%7D)
Now, we just replace the values of a, b and c on the equation above.
![\frac{-5\text{ }\pm\text{ }\sqrt[]{5^2\text{ - 4(-1)(3)}}}{2(-1)}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B-5%5Ctext%7B%20%7D%5Cpm%5Ctext%7B%20%7D%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B5%5E2%5Ctext%7B%20-%204%28-1%29%283%29%7D%7D%7D%7B2%28-1%29%7D)
=
![\frac{5}{2}\text{ }\pm\text{ }\frac{\sqrt[]{13}}{2}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B5%7D%7B2%7D%5Ctext%7B%20%7D%5Cpm%5Ctext%7B%20%7D%5Cfrac%7B%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B13%7D%7D%7B2%7D)
we are given that the English Aplhabet has 26 letters. we let g represent the number of letters in the Greek alphabet. From the statement given, English alphabet which is 26 = 20 + 1/4 *g. The expression which is similar to this is in option A. 1/4g + 20 = 26.
