Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1: Draw your trend line.
You begin by drawing your trend line. You want your trend line to follow your data. You want to have roughly half your data above the line and the other half below the line, like this:
trend line equation
Step 2: Locate two points on the line.
Your next step is to locate two points on the trend line. Look carefully at your trend line and look for two easy to figure out points on the line. Ideally, these are points where the trend line crosses a clearly identifiable location.
For the trend line that we just drew, we can see these two easily identifiable points.
trend line equation
We can easily identify these two points as (3, 3) and (12, 6).
Step 3: Plug these two points into the formula for slope.
The formula for slope is this one:
trend line equation
We can label our first point as (x1,y1), and our second point as (x2,y2). So our x1 is 3, our y1 is 3, our x2 is 12, and our y2 is 6. Plugging these values into the equation for slope and evaluating, we get this:
trend line equation
So our slope is 1/3.
It is 16 because 3x16=48 and 4x16=64!
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Answer:
n = 8
Step-by-step explanation:
"By inspection" is an appropriate method.
We are asked to compare the expressions
n·n
8·n
and find the value(s) of n that makes them equal. <em>By inspection</em>, we see that n=8 will make these expressions equal. We also know that both expressions will be zero when n=0.
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More formally, we could write ...
n^2 = 8n . . . . the two formulas give the same value
n^2 -8n = 0 . . . . rearrange to standard form
n(n -8) = 0 . . . . . factor
Using the zero product rule, we know the solutions will be the values of n that make the factors zero. Those values are ...
n = 0 . . . . . makes the factor n = 0
n = 8 . . . . . makes the factor (n-8) = 0
Generally, we're not interested in "trivial" solutions (n=0), so the only value of n that is of interest is n = 8.
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A lot of times, I find a graphing calculator to be a quick and easy way to find function argument values that make expressions equal.
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Answer: Solution is x = -2</h3>
You have two equations with y1 = f(x) and y2 = g(x).
We're looking for the values of x such that f(x) = g(x). This is the same as trying to solve y1 = y2.
The first row of the table shows y1 and y2 having the same value 5. So we just record the x value that goes with these y values.
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Multiply first, then subtract, then add.
