Tim wrote a statistical question because he is trying to figure out how many books were read in total. Jenna just wanted to know what the first book on the list was.
2 consecutive odd integers.....x and x + 2.....the product means multiply....the sum means add.
x(x + 2) = 4(x + x + 2) - 1
x^2 + 2x = 4(2x + 2) - 1
x^2 + 2x = 8x + 8 - 1
x^2 + 2x = 8x + 7
x^2 + 2x - 8x - 7 = 0
x^2 - 6x - 7 = 0
(x - 7)(x + 1) = 0
x - 7 = 0 x + 2 = 7 + 2 = 9
x = 7
x + 1 = 0 x + 2 = -1 + 2 = 1
x = -1
there can be 2 answers for this....
(1) 7 and 9
(2) -1 and 1
Log xy/4 =
log xy - log 4 =
log x + log y - log 4
The expression for (r-s)(x) is found by subtracting s from r. That difference is
. The expression for (r+s)(x) is found by adding them, which is
. Now we are told to evaluate (r*s)(x) which means they want us to multiply those and state the "new" expression that results.
. There you go!
