I think the answer choices were cut off. Is there an answer choice of y=0.05x? If so, that is the equation I came up with.
The factor of this expression would be 2(x+1)
Given:
Mike gets an 8% commission on the sporting goods that he sells.
One day he sold sporting goods worth 1,384.
To find:
The commission for that day.
Solution:
According to the given information,
Commission = 8% of total sales of sporting goods
One day he sold sporting goods worth 1,384. Then, the commission for that day is
Therefore, the commission for that day is 110.72.
Parallel lines- lines that can go on and on without touching each other.
The denominator of the first term is a difference of squares, such that
4<em>a</em> ² - <em>b</em> ² = (2<em>a</em>)² - <em>b</em> ² = (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>)
So you can write the fractions as
(4<em>a</em> ² + <em>b</em> ²)/((2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>)) - (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>)/(2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>)
Multiply through the second fraction by 2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em> to get a common denominator:
(4<em>a</em> ² + <em>b</em> ²)/((2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>)) - (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>)²/((2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>))
((4<em>a</em> ² + <em>b</em> ²) - (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>)²) / ((2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>))
Expand the numerator:
(4<em>a</em> ² + <em>b</em> ²) - (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>)²
(4<em>a</em> ² + <em>b</em> ²) - (4<em>a</em> ² - 4<em>ab</em> + <em>b</em> ²)
4<em>ab</em>
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So the original expression reduces to
4<em>ab</em> / ((2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>))
or
4<em>ab</em> / (4<em>a</em> ² - <em>b</em> ²)
upon condensing the denominator again.
