The answer to your question is,
Each time they assume the sum is rational; however, upon rearranging the terms of their equation, they get a contradiction (that an irrational number is equal to a rational number). Since the assumption that the sum of a rational and irrational number is rational leads to a contradiction, the sum must be irrational.
-Mabel <3
Answer: f(x) = -0.016x² + 1.6x
Step-by-step explanation:
If the lenght of the road over the arch is 100m, we can consider a coordinate plane and say that the road starts at point (0,0) and finishes at (100,0). The vertice of the parabola is at point (50,40), because the maximum height is 40 and it is always in the middle point of the roots.
So, we have
(0,0) (50,40) (100,0)
A quadratic function is always on the form: f(x) = ax² + bx + c
0 = a0² + b0 + c
40 = a50² + b50 + c
0 = a100² + b100 + c
0 = a0² + b0 + c → c = 0 ∴
40 = a50² + b50
0 = a100² + b100
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2500a + 50b = 40 (*2)
10000a + 100b = 0
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5000a + 100b = 80
10000a + 100b = 0 (-)
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-5000a = 80
-a=80/5000
a=-0.016
∴
2500a + 50b = 40
2500.(-0.016) + 50b = 40
-40 + 50b = 40
50b = 80
b = 80/50
b = 1.6
This way f(x) = -0.016x² + 1.6x
Ooh, fun
what I would do is to make it a piecewise function where the absolute value becomse 0
because if you graphed y=x^2+x-12, some part of the garph would be under the line
with y=|x^2+x-12|, that part under the line is flipped up
so we need to find that flipping point which is at y=0
solve x^2+x-12=0
(x-3)(x+4)=0
at x=-4 and x=3 are the flipping points
we have 2 functions, the regular and flipped one
the regular, we will call f(x), it is f(x)=x^2+x-12
the flipped one, we call g(x), it is g(x)=-(x^2+x-12) or -x^2-x+12
so we do the integeral of f(x) from x=5 to x=-4, plus the integral of g(x) from x=-4 to x=3, plus the integral of f(x) from x=3 to x=5
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B.
sepearte the integrals
![\int\limits^{-5}_{-4} {x^2+x-12} \, dx = [\frac{x^3}{3}+\frac{x^2}{2}-12x]^{-5}_{-4}=(\frac{-125}{3}+\frac{25}{2}+60)-(\frac{64}{3}+8+48)=\frac{23}{6}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%20%5Cint%5Climits%5E%7B-5%7D_%7B-4%7D%20%7Bx%5E2%2Bx-12%7D%20%5C%2C%20dx%20%3D%20%5B%5Cfrac%7Bx%5E3%7D%7B3%7D%2B%5Cfrac%7Bx%5E2%7D%7B2%7D-12x%5D%5E%7B-5%7D_%7B-4%7D%3D%28%5Cfrac%7B-125%7D%7B3%7D%2B%5Cfrac%7B25%7D%7B2%7D%2B60%29-%28%5Cfrac%7B64%7D%7B3%7D%2B8%2B48%29%3D%5Cfrac%7B23%7D%7B6%7D)
next one
![\int\limits^{-4}_3 {-x^2-x+12} \, dx=-1[\frac{x^3}{3}+\frac{x^2}{2}-12x]^{-4}_{3}=-1((-64/3)+8+48)-(9+(9/2)-36))=\frac{343}{6}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%20%5Cint%5Climits%5E%7B-4%7D_3%20%7B-x%5E2-x%2B12%7D%20%5C%2C%20dx%3D-1%5B%5Cfrac%7Bx%5E3%7D%7B3%7D%2B%5Cfrac%7Bx%5E2%7D%7B2%7D-12x%5D%5E%7B-4%7D_%7B3%7D%3D-1%28%28-64%2F3%29%2B8%2B48%29-%289%2B%289%2F2%29-36%29%29%3D%5Cfrac%7B343%7D%7B6%7D)
the last one you can do yourself, it is

the sum is

so the area under the curve is
I think 2401...I just asked Siri
Answer:
yes
Step-by-step explanation: