Answer:
a=1
Step-by-step explanation:
Multiply all terms by a and cancel:
6+−6a=3+−3a
−6a+6=−3a+3(Simplify both sides of the equation)
−6a+6+3a=−3a+3+3a(Add 3a to both sides)
−3a+6=3
−3a+6−6=3−6(Subtract 6 from both sides)
−3a=−3
−3a
−3
=
−3
−3
(Divide both sides by -3)
a=1
Answer: x = 4 and x = -3/2
Procedure:
1) Given: 2x^2 - 5x - 12 = 0
2) Multiply both sides by : 2(2x^2) - 2(5x) - 2(12) = 0
3) Rearrange: (2x)^2 -5(2x) - 24 = 0
4) Notice that the common factor is (2x)
5) Set the parenthesis with the common factor inside:
(2x ) (2x ) =0
6) The first sign is the same sign of the second term of the trinomial, which is negative, the second sign is the product of the signs of the second and the third terms of the polynomial, which is (-)*(-) = + (positive)
(2x - )(2x + ) = 0
7) find two numbers that sum up - 5x and its product is -24.
- 8 + 3 = - 5
(-8)(+3) = -24
=> the numbers in the factors are -8 and +3
(2x - 8) (2x + 3) = 0
That is the factored equation. Now you can solve
8) a) 2x - 8 = 0 => 2x = 8 => x = 8/2 => x = 4
b) 2x + 3 = 0 => 2x = - 3 => x = - 3/2
Answer: the two solutions are x = 4 and x = -3/2
The slope is 42 in the equation
Answer:
No
Step-by-step explanation:
A relation is a function if every x-value has exactly one y-value.
Because the x-value 1 has two y-values (-3 and 3), the relation is not a function.
Plotting (1, -3) and (1, 3) will produce a vertical line that intersects the function at two points.
Therefore, the relation is not a function.
Hope that helps.
