The standard form of a quadratic equation is
,
where ,
, and
are coefficients. You want to get the given equation into this form. You can accomplish this by putting all the non-zero values on the left side on the equation.
In this case, the given equation is
Since is on the right side of the equation, we subtract that from both sides. The resulting equation is
Looking at the standard form equation , we can see that
Answer:
A) gallons
B) Distance between Town A and Town B is miles
Step-by-step explanation:
A)
We know, number of gallons =
if miles per gallon (mpg) is given as 24 & total distance travelled is 3x miles, then, using formula we have:
Number of Gallons =
B)
Now, given is number of gallons = 2y & we know mpg is 24; <em>so what is the distance?</em>
We use the same formula and solve for distance (let distance between A and B be "D"):