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Hi, this is a super vague question, so its pretty confusing to answer. Could you please be a bit more specific?
If you are referring to chemistry, then how you tell "what is what" is by the molecular makeup of an element (Periodic table), and "how that..affects what", chemical reactions can occur between elements
x2=x+2 at x=−1 and x=2 so we have no need to worry about the end-points
f(x)=x+2−x^2
df/dx=1–2x
and that is zero (indicating a maximum) at x=1/2
So the maximum distance is f(1/2)=2.5–0.25=2.25
learn more about maximum distance between curves here:
brainly.com/question/1603866
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Should be 18, well i guess I have to have 20 characters so good luck