There is no equals sign. Are we looking for x, or y?
Either way, with the -5 exponent outside the parentheses, you can multiply that to each exponent in the fraction to get rid of it.
I'm not sure what you mean by 2x^12y^3. Is it an exponent within another exponent?
Unless you just want to give money to the ice cream truck, for 0 items, you will pay 0.
Since the price of each item is $0.77, for one item you will pay $0.77. (Is that a surprise?)
Then for two items, you will pay $0.77 for each one, or $0.77 + 0.77 = $1.54. You can also compute this by making use of the fact that multiplication is a shortcut for repeated addition. The price can be found by $0.77×2 = $1.54 = f(2).
Similarly, for 3 items, you can add $0.77 three times: $0.77 + 0.77 + 0.77 = f(3), or you can use multiplication: $0.77×3 = $2.31 = f(3).
a) Our table looks like
(x, f(x))
(0, 0)
(1, 0.77)
(2, 1.54)
(3, 2.31)
b) By now, I'm sure you have realized that to find the price of x items, you multiply 0.77 by x.
f(x) = 0.77x
7.5 - 3.2 = 4.3 + 4 = 8.3^3 = 571.787 ÷ 2 = 285.8935 rounded to 285.9
X² - 64 = 0
(x - 8)(x + 8) = 0
x = - 8, 8
Your other solution is - 8
There would be a hole when x = -4.
If you factor both the top and the bottom, you will see that the factor (x + 4) is in both the numerator and denominator. Therefore, the would be a hole when x = -4 because that would also make the denominator 0.
