Which function represents the graph below?

viktelen [127]

Answer:

The quotient when $x^3-4x^2-8x+8$ is divided by $x+2$ is $x^2-6x+4$ with no remainder, so x+2 is a factor of p(x).

Step-by-step explanation:

As the question suggests, there are two ways to solve this problem: long division (which can always be used to divide polynomials), and synthetic division (which can only be used when you are dividing by something of the form $(x-a)$ . In this case, we may use synthetic division, since $x+2$ is equal to $x-(-2)$ . I will use synthetic division here as it is slightly faster than long division.

The -2 on the left represents that we are dividing by x-(-2), and the rest of the numbers in the top row are the coefficients of p(x): 1, -4, -8, and 8.

The first step in synthetic division is to being down the leading coefficient of the polynomial: in this case, the 1 (as indicated in red). Now, we multiply the 1 by -2. We get -2, which we place directly below the -4.

Next, we add directly down the column, (-4 + (-2) is equal to -6), and this answer is placed in the box below. We can continue this process, getting the coefficients 1, -6, 4, and 0 in the bottom row.

This is the answer: the quotient is $x^2-6x+4$ , and the remainder is zero (which indicates that x+2 is a factor of p(x)).

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Edit: long division

We may also solve this problem using long division (see the second image). The first step is to look at the leading coefficients: since $x \times x^2$ is equal to $x^3$ , the first term in the quotient will be $x^2$ . Since $x^2 \times (x+2)$ is equal to $x^3+2x^2$ , we must now subtract that from $x^3-4x^2-8x+8$ .

We repeat the same process, as shown in the image. Since we eventually get to zero, the remainder is zero, and the polynomial at the top (x^2-6x+4) is the quotient.

<em>I know this might be difficult to follow, so please comment if you have any questions.</em>

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A registration fee for a used car is 0.8% of the sale price of $5,700. How much is the fee

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$\bf \begin{array}{|c|ll} \cline{1-1} \textit{a\% of b}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{a}{100} \right)\cdot b \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{0.8\% of 5700}}{\left( \cfrac{0.8}{100} \right)5700}\implies 45.6$

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A cylinder has a height of 12 inches and a radius of 1.5 inches. What is its voulme? Round your answer to the nearest tenth. Use

USPshnik [31]

Find the area of the top, which is a circle.

Area of a circle = pi x r^2

Area = 3.14 x 1.5^2 = 7.065

Now for the volume multiply the area of the top by the height:

7.065 x 12 = 84.78 cubic inches

Round to the nearest tenth: 84.8 cubic inches

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A cell tower is located at and transmits a circular signal that covers three major cities. The three cities are located on the c

Lelu [443]

Answer:

$(x+8)^2 +(y-4)^2 = 25$

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming this complete problem: "A cell tower is located at (-8, 4) and transmits a circular signal that covers three major cities. The three cities are located on the circle and have the following coordinates: G (-4, 7), H (-13, 4), and I (-8, -1). Find the equation of the circle"

For this case the generla equation for the circle is given by:

$(x-h)^2 +(y-k)^2 = r^2$

From the info we know that the tower is located at (-8, 4) so then h = -8 and k = 4, so then we need to find the radius. So we have the equation like this: $(x+8)^2 +(y-4)^2 = r^2$