The graph of a line and an exponential can intersect twice, once or not at all. Describe the possible number of intersections fo
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Answer:
c) parabola and circle: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 times
d) parabola and hyperbola: 1, 2, 3 times
Step-by-step explanation:
c. A parabola can miss a circle, be tangent to it in 1 or 2 places, intersect it 2 places and be tangent at a 3rd, or intersect in 4 places.
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d. A parabola must intersect a hyperbola in at least one place, but cannot intersect in more than 3 places. If the parabola is tangent to the hyperbola, the number of intersections will be 2.
If the parabola or the hyperbola are "off-axis", then the number of intersections may be 0 or 4 as well. Those cases seem to be excluded in this problem statement.
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The given problem is
This is defined if and only if
Even the given expression can be simplified to obtain:
The exclusion is
Suppose 
is the number of possible combinations for a suitcase with a lock consisting of 
wheels. If you added one more wheel onto the lock, there would only be 9 allowed possible digits you can use for the new wheel. This means the number of possible combinations for 
wheels, or 
is given recursively by the formula
starting with
(because you can start the combination with any one of the ten available digits 0 through 9).
For example, if the combination for a 3-wheel lock is 282, then a 4-wheel lock can be any one of 2820, 2821, 2823, ..., 2829 (nine possibilities depending on the second-to-last digit).
By substitution, you have
This means a lock with 55 wheels will have
possible combinations (a number with 53 digits).
starting with
For example, if the combination for a 3-wheel lock is 282, then a 4-wheel lock can be any one of 2820, 2821, 2823, ..., 2829 (nine possibilities depending on the second-to-last digit).
By substitution, you have
This means a lock with 55 wheels will have
possible combinations (a number with 53 digits).