Answer:
a)

b) l=19.2 units
Step-by-step explanation:
a)Let F represent the force and l represents the length of the wrench handle.
Then inverse variation relation is:

When we introduce the variation constant, we get:

From the question when F=96, l=12


The equation is

b) If a person can only exert 60 pounds of force on a wrench,then



Hence the length of the wrench must be 19.2 units
Factor the equation:

set each part of the factorized equation to zero and solve for x the results are your zeros:
x+3 = 0
x = -3x-8 = 0
x = 8
The answer is 5, the 2 are disqualified and 5 remains
Answer:
a. -2 b. -2 c. -1 d. 4 e. -3 f. 0
Step-by-step explanation:
The average rate of change formula is:

a.
We need to find the rate of change for x = -3 to x = -2 so we look on the graph to find y.
At x = -3 it look like y = 0 so


At x = -2 it looks like y = 2


Now we can just plug everything in to the rate of change formula.
= -2
So for a. our rate of chage for the given interval is -2
b.
Now that you have the formula we don't need to explain each time.
-2
2
1
- 4
= -2
c.
0
-3
1
- 4
= -1
d.
1
-4
2
0
= 4
e.
-1
0
0
-3
= -3
f.
-1
0
2
0
= 0
EXPLANATION
Replacing the given functions into the following:


Removing the parentheses and simplifying:

Simplifying like terms:

Hence,