Answer:
0.4 cm
Step-by-step explanation:
The magnifying glass basically zooms into smaller objects. If the insect appears to be 2cm, then it is actually smaller than this. It cannot be 10 cm.
If the scale factor is 5, then this means that the insect is zoomed in 5 times through the magnifying glass. Use the following ratio:
This fraction can also be seen as division, so:
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The insect is actually 0.4 cm long.
(or 4 millimeters)
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Answer:
12x = 84
x = 7
Step-by-step explanation:
12x = 83 1/3 + 2/3
12x = 84
x = 84/12
x = 7
Hope that helps!
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Answer:
B. 3x^2 +11x -20 = 0
Step-by-step explanation:
For solutions p and q, the quadratic will be
(x -p)(x -q) = 0
We notice that the leading coefficients of the offered answer choices are greater than 1, so it will be convenient to use a value that "clears fractions."
(x -4/3)(x -(-5)) = 0
3(x -4/3)(x +5) = 0 . . . . multiply by 3 to clear the fraction
(3x -4)(x +5) = 0 . . . . . . clear the fraction
3x(x +5) -4(x +5) = 0 . . use the distributive property
3x^2 +15x -4x -20 = 0 . . . . use the distributive property again
3x^2 +11x -20 = 0 . . . . collect terms
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The constant in the product of factors is the product of roots:
(x -p)(x -q) = x^2 -(p+q)x +pq
Here, that would mean the constant would be (4/3)(-5) = -20/3.
If we compare the above quadratic to the standard form:
ax^2 +bx +c = 0
we find that we can divide the standard form equation by 'a' to get ...
pq = c/a
That is, c/a = -20/3, so we might start looking for an answer choice that has a leading coefficient of a=3 and a constant of c=-20.
