Lets call those two unknown numbers a, b and write the info in the problem as equations:
a*b = 30
a + b = 40
lets solve for a in the second equation and substitute in the first:
<span>a + b = 40
</span>a = 40 - b
therefore:
<span>a*b = 30
</span>(40 - b)b = 30
40b - b^2 = 30
b^2 - 40b + 30 = 0
if we apply the general quadratic equation to solve we have:
b = (40 +- √(1600 - 120))/2
b = (40 +- √(1480<span>))/2
</span>b = (40 +- 38.47)/2
There are two solutions:
<span>b1 = (40 + 38.47)/2
</span><span>b1 = 39.24
b2 = (40 - 38.47)/2
</span>b2 = 0.765
lets use the second solution <span>b2 = 0.765, and substitute in the first equation to find a:
</span><span>a*b = 30
</span>a*0.765 = 30
a = 30/0.765
a = 39.216
so the numbers are 39.216 and 0.765
Answer: The velocity of the ball is 108.8 ft/s downwards.
Step-by-step explanation:
When the ball is dropped, the only force acting on the ball will be the gravitational force. Then the acceleration of the ball will be the gravitational acceleration, that is something like:
g = 32 ft/s^2
To get the velocity equation we need to integrate over time, to get:
v(t) = (32ft/s^2)*t + v0
where v0 is the initial velocity of the ball. (t = 0s is when the ball is dropped)
Because it is dropped, the initial velocity is equal to zero, then we get:
v(t) = (32ft/s^2)*t
Which is the same equation that we can see in the hint.
Now we want to find the velocity 3.4 seconds after the ball is dropped, then we just replace t by 3.4s, then we get:
v(3.4s) = (32ft/s^2)*3.4s = 108.8 ft/s
The velocity of the ball is 108.8 ft/s downwards.
An irrational number is any number that is a real number, a full number or whole one, and that can`t be shown as a ratio. It is a number that cannot be shown as a simple fraction. An irrational number is one that is shown as a repeated decimal or fraction.
