Answer:
Quadratic Formula
so
x = -5
and
x = 0.5
Step-by-step explanation:
Whenever you see a problem in this form, which you will see a lot of, you can try to factor it or use the "least squares" method or what have you, but those won't always work, unfortunately.
Fortunately, the quadratic formula will never fail you with quadratic expressions.
This is the Quadratic Formula

a is the the number on the variable with the exponent ^2
b is the number on the variable with no exponent
c is the third number
a and b cannot be equal to 0; c can be
Since we're looking for a number with an equation that has a square root in it, we're going to get two answers. These two answers come from the radical being separately added AND subtracted from the radical. It's basically two problems.
Plugging in our numbers to this equation gives us x values of -5 and 0.5. This will always work with polynomials with factors of ^2 in them.
If you have a TI-84 calculator or newer, there's a tool on it that will factor polynomials like this one for you just by giving it the numbers.
To solve this problem you must apply the proccedure shown below:
1. You must apply the Law of Cosines, as you can see in the figure attached. Then:
- The first ship travels at
in for two hours. Therefore, the side
is:

- The second ship travels at
for
. Therefore, the side
is:

- Now, you can calculate
:

The answer is: 
Answer:
6 swimmers in the first heat can be arranged in 1716 different ways.
Step-by-step explanation:
A swim meet has 13 contestants signed up. To calculate the arrangement of first 6 swimmers in first heat we will use combinations because order doesn't matter.
So to select 6 swimmers out of 13 contestants number of different ways
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= 1716
Therefore, 6 swimmers in the first heat can be arranged in 1716 different ways.
The two numbers are -18+ 2√(11) and -18 -2√(11).
-18+ 2√(11)+ [-18 -2√(11)]= -36
[-18+ 2√(11)]* [-18 -2√(11)]= 280.
Hope this helps~