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2 years ago

What method would you use to solve -4x2 - 5x + 5=0

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You would first multiply the -4 by 2 and get -8, then you add 5 to -8, giving you -3. You add 3 to both sides and you have -5x=3. Then you divide by -5 and you get your final answer of x=-3/5

ipn [44]2 years ago

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Using the quadratic formula

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a) The support of X is {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20}

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a) Since you can toss up to 20 coins, and from that you can obtain any number of heads from 0 to 20, then the support of X {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20}.

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