One reason that negative numbers would not make sense for values of the variables is that the solution having a negative value is not valid. It might be that the expression represents a real word problem and a negative value will not make any sense. Hope this helps.
Answer:
o (16, 8, 12)
Step-by-step explanation:
1st number: 8*2 =16
2nd number:12-4=8
3rd number: given
Answer:
57/26 or 2 5/26
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
is your average rate of change,
Step-by-step explanation:
average rate of change is
, by slope formula
simplify this to get
, which is the definition of the derivative as h goes to 0

since you defined x=a, we can substitute a for x and vice versa to find our derivative.

simplifying
(your average rate of change)