Any number but 0 is compatible because you can add any number to 428.
Step-by-step explanation:
-b√b²-4(ac)
2a
14√(-14)²-4·(1·45)
2·1
x=7∉ 2
x=9,5
Answer:
The correct answer is 0.5 pounds of pollutant.
Step-by-step explanation:
According to the problem the cost of controlling emissions at a firm is given by:
C(q) = 1,260 + 100 × 
, where q is the reduction in emissions (in pounds of pollution per day) and C is the daily cost to the firm (in dollars) of this reduction.
Government clean-air subsidies amount to $100 per pound of pollutant removed per day.
Net cost = C(q) - Subsidy
⇒ Net Cost = 1,260 + 100 × - 100 × q.
In order to minimize net cost we calculate, 
(Net cost) = 0.
⇒ 200 × q - 100 = 0
⇒ q = 0.5
We can see that the second order derivative is positive and thus the net cost minimizes.
Thus the firm should remove 0.5 pounds of pollutant each day in order to minimize net cost.
Part I - First synthetic division
You need to use synthetic division to come up with an expression for a and b:
(x + 2) is a factor, and the remainder is 7, so we can draw a synthetic division table...
coefficients = 1 for X^3; A for X^2; B for X^1; and 3
-2 | 1 A B 3
-2 -2(A-2) 4(A-2)-2B
1 (A-2) -2(A-2)+B 4(A-2)-2B + 3
Remainder = 7
<u>So...</u>
4(A-2)-2B + 3 = 7
4 * (A - 2) - 2B + 3 = 7
4A - 8 - 2B = 4
4A - 2B = 12
2A - B = 6
Proved
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Part II - Second Synthetic Division
We draw another synthetic division table, this time with (x - 1), so the number on the left hand side will be +1
1 | 1 A B 3
1 (A+1) A+B+1
1 (A+1) A+B+1 A+B+4
Remainder = 4
<u>So...</u>
A + B + 4 = 4
A + B = 0
<u>A = -B
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Part III - Solving for A and B with our two simultaneous equations
We know that<u> </u><u>A = -B</u><u /> and we also know that 2A - B = 6
Since we know that A is equal to -B We can substitute in A for -B, to get:
2A - B = 6
Therefore...
2A + A = 6
3A = 6
<u>A = 2</u>
Again, as we know that A = -B, and as we have found that A = 2, we can see:
A = -B
Therefore...
2 = -B
<u>B = -2
</u>
So our final answer is <u>A = 2, B = -2</u><u />
Hopefully this answer is more useful than the last one, and isn't so confusing!
