Answer:
a=9 b=18
Step by-step explanation:
First we will find b.
Because there is no 18 in this set and it's an even set of numbers, this would mean that 18 is not present in the set.
The only way for 18 to the be the mean is for b to equal 19. When calculating the average of 17 and 19 your average, or mean, is 18.
a has to be a number ranging from 7-12.
Through trial and error, it can be found that the missing value of a is 9.
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Total no. Of books read =10+7+5+2
= 24
Ratio of mystery books to the total books read = 10:24 = 5:12
A 4th degree polynomial will have at most 3 extreme values. Since the degree is even, there will be one global extreme, with possible multiplicity. The remainder, if any, will be local extremes that may be coincident with each other and/or the global extreme.
(The number of extremes corresponds to the degree of the derivative, which is 1 less than the degree of the polynomial.)
recalling that d = rt, distance = rate * time.
we know Hector is going at 12 mph, and he has already covered 18 miles, how long has he been biking already?

so Hector has been biking for those 18 miles for 3/2 of an hour, namely and hour and a half already.
then Wanda kicks in, rolling like a lightning at 16mph.
let's say the "meet" at the same distance "d" at "t" hours after Wanda entered, so that means that Wanda has been traveling for "t" hours, but Hector has been traveling for "t + (3/2)" because he had been biking before Wanda.
the distance both have travelled is the same "d" miles, reason why they "meet", same distance.
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