A square pyramid, with a base 5 meters in length and a height of 5 meters, has a volume of 125 cubic meters. True or False?
2 answers:
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To solve this problem, we need to know 2 relationships:
<h2>1. AC = AB + BC</h2>The distance of AC is the sum of AB and BC.
We know this since the distance of going from A to C (AC) is the same as going from A to B (AB), then B to C (BC).
<h2>2. AB = BC</h2>The distance of AB is the same as AC.
We know this since B is in the middle of AC, so the distance from B to A (BA) is the same as the distance from B to C (BC).
You can see the attached image (at the bottom) for a visualization of this.
<h2>Putting them together</h2>Since we know the values of AB and BC...
...we can put these values into our 2nd equation and solve for x:
Add 7 to both sides:
Subtract x from both sides:
Divide both sides by 2:
Knowing x, we can find the distance of AC using our first equation.
Let's put in the values of AB and BC:
Before we put in x = 8, we can simplify this:
We group x and 3x and add those together. Then we subtract 7 from 9.
With this equation, we can put in x = 8:
Since 4 * 8 = 32:
Finally, we have found both x and AC.
<h2>Answer</h2>x = 8
AC = 34
Here's the info for f(x): We are going to find the slope of the line and then write the equation for the line using one of the given points. The coordinate points we are given are (0, 0) and (2, 4). Using the slope formula:
gives us a slope equation of:
and the slope is 2. Using the point (0, 0) to write the equation of the line for f(x) looks like this in the slope-intercept form of the equation:
where m is the sloppe of 2 that we found and 
and 
are the coordinates of one of the points. It doesn't matter which one you choose; you will get the same answer whether you use (0, 0) or (2, 4): y-0=2(x-0) Distributing that 2 into the parenthesis and simplifying gives you the equation of y = 2x, or in our function notation, f(x) = 2x. Since f(x) is the first part of g(x), so far for g(x) we have that g(x) = 2x + k. Now we will do the same thing for g(x) that we did for f(x) as far as writing its equation down; we don't need to find the slope cuz the slope of g(x) is the function f(x). The equation for g(x), using the point (0, 2) (again, you could have used either point; I just picked (0, 2) cuz the other one has a decimal in it!): y - 2 = 2(x - 0). Distributing that 2 into the parenthesis gives you this: y - 2 = 2x - 0; y = 2x + 2. So 2 is your k value!
gives us a slope equation of: