In case you're not already aware, the expression
is called the "difference quotient" and represents the average rate of change of a function
over an interval
.
For the function
, by substituting
we get

Then the difference quotient is


where the last equality holds as long as
.
Answer:
Rate of Decay = 8%
Step-by-step explanation:
The decay formula is:

Where F is the final value (here, it is given as "Y")
P is the initial value (here, given as 20,000)
r is the rate of decay (what we need to find)
t is the time (given as 2)
Comparing both the equations:

We see that:
1 - r =0.92
We solve for "r":
1 - 0.92 = r
0.08 = r
The rate of decay is 0.08, as a percentage, we need to multiply by 100, so we have:
0.08 * 100 = 8%
Rate of Decay = 8%
║a+9║/7=5
you multiply 7 on both sides which cancel out 7.
now it ║a=9║=35
and now it would be a+9=35 and a+9=-35 then solve it.
35-9 and 9-(-35)= 26 and -44
hope this helped!
Question 4:
2x-3
Because we don’t know how much Fernando has that would be where we fill in the variable giving you 2x then 3 dollars less will give you the -3 therefore 2x-3
Question 5:
1/2x+7
Because we don’t know Deb’s age that would be the variable and we are looking for half of Deb’s age giving you 1/2x then the 7 years more giving you the +7 hence 1/2x+7