<h3>Given</h3>
Two positive integers x and y
x - y = 4
x² + y = 68
<h3>Find</h3>
x and y
<h3>Solution</h3>
Add the two equations together.
... (x - y) + (x² + y) = (4) + (68)
... x² + x = 72
Rearrange to standard form and factor.
... x² + x - 72 = 0
... (x + 9)(x - 8) = 0
Use the zero product rule to find the solutions. That rule says the product is zero when one or more factors is zero.
... x + 9 = 0 ⇒ x = -9
... x - 8 = 0 ⇒ x = 8 . . . . . . the positive solution
Then we can find y from
... 8 - y = 4
... y = 4 . . . . . . . add y-4 to the equation
The two positive integers are 8 and 4.
A geometric sequence is defined by a starting point,
, and a common ratio 
The first term is
, and you get every next term by multiplying the previous one by r.
So, our terms are
![\left[\begin{array}{c|c}a_1&a\\a_2&ar\\a_3&ar^2\\a_4&ar^3=-12\\a_5&ar^4=-6\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bc%7Cc%7Da_1%26a%5C%5Ca_2%26ar%5C%5Ca_3%26ar%5E2%5C%5Ca_4%26ar%5E3%3D-12%5C%5Ca_5%26ar%5E4%3D-6%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
We can see that when we pass from
to
the number gets halved (
)
This implies that the common ratio is 
So, the table becomes
![\left[\begin{array}{c|c}a_1&a\\a_2&\frac{1}{2}a\\a_3&\frac{1}{4}a\\a_4&\frac{1}{8}a=-12\\a_5&\frac{1}{16}a=-6\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bc%7Cc%7Da_1%26a%5C%5Ca_2%26%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7Da%5C%5Ca_3%26%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7Da%5C%5Ca_4%26%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B8%7Da%3D-12%5C%5Ca_5%26%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B16%7Da%3D-6%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
So, we can derive the starting point from either
or
:

The sequence is thus
![\left[\begin{array}{c|c}a_1&-96\\a_2&-48\\a_3&-24\\a_4&-12\\a_5&-6\\a_6&-3\\\vdots&\vdots\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bc%7Cc%7Da_1%26-96%5C%5Ca_2%26-48%5C%5Ca_3%26-24%5C%5Ca_4%26-12%5C%5Ca_5%26-6%5C%5Ca_6%26-3%5C%5C%5Cvdots%26%5Cvdots%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
And the recursive formula is

Answer:
The range is the set of possible output values, which are shown on the y-axis. ... Graph of a polynomial that shows the x-axis is the domain and the y.
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
D
Step-by-step explanation:
(-2,0) (0,0) (4,0) are x intercepts