Answer:
21, 22, 23
Step-by-step explanation:
Construct equations representing each piece of information.
Three consecutive integers are three numbers in a row, for example, 1, 2 and 3.
Let's let
Integer 1 = X
Integer 2 = Y
Integer 3 = Z
X = (Y + Z) - 24
We also know that
Y = X + 1
and Z = X + 2
We can now sub this information into the first equation. We do this so that we can have only one variable in the equation.
X = (X+1) + (X+2) - 24
now solve for x,
X = 2X + 3 - 24
X = 2X - 21
-X = - 21
X = 21
So, the integers are 21, 22, 23
What's happening is that every subtraction can be written as "addition of the opposite."
18-5 = 18 + (-5)
One reason this is done in the work you showed is that they're trying to show why you distribute the negative and the 1 into the parentheses, why you multiply everything in the parentheses by "-1" and not just 1.
The other reason is to later to be able to move the individual terms around, so you'll be able to combine like terms.
When you move terms around, the sign has to stay attached to the term, so writing all the subtractions as addition helps keep the sign attached.
Answer:
The 8 should have remained positive.
Step-by-step explanation:
8-(-2)=8+2=10
Two negatives make a positive so 8-(-2) will turn into 8+2.
Laura was wrong because she thought the 8 turned to a negative but that makes no sense.
The answer is <span>252.5 ft
</span><span>y = –0.004x</span>²<span> + x + 2.5
Let's take y = 0 and we'll get the quadratic equation:
</span>–0.004x² + x + 2.5 = 0
The general formula for quadratic equation is:
ax² + bx + c = 0
a = -0.004
b = 1
c = 2.5
Since distance cannot be negative (x1), the correct answer is x2 = 252.5 ft
