Answer: y = 0.5cos(x), choice A
The parent function y = cos(x) follows this same basic pattern of the curve shown, but it starts off at (0,1) as its highest point. This graph has its highest point to be half as high, so we multiply by 1/2 or 0.5
Answer:
Horizontal distance = 0 m and 6 m
Step-by-step explanation:
Height of a rider in a roller coaster has been defined by the equation,
y = 
Here x = rider's horizontal distance from the start of the ride
i). 

![=\frac{1}{3}[x^{2}-2(3x)+9-9+24]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%3D%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B3%7D%5Bx%5E%7B2%7D-2%283x%29%2B9-9%2B24%5D)
![=\frac{1}{3}[(x^{2}-2(3x)+9)+15]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%3D%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B3%7D%5B%28x%5E%7B2%7D-2%283x%29%2B9%29%2B15%5D)
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ii). Since, the parabolic graph for the given equation opens upwards,
Vertex of the parabola will be the lowest point of the rider on the roller coaster.
From the equation,
Vertex → (3, 5)
Therefore, minimum height of the rider will be the y-coordinate of the vertex.
Minimum height of the rider = 5 m
iii). If h = 8 m,


(x - 3)² = 9
x = 3 ± 3
x = 0, 6 m
Therefore, at 8 m height of the roller coaster, horizontal distance of the rider will be x = 0 and 6 m
Step-by-step explanation:
3x+18+2x-5= -2x+-2+10
combining like terms
3x+2x+2x=5-2+10-18
7x=-5
x=-5/7
Suppose

is the number of possible combinations for a suitcase with a lock consisting of

wheels. If you added one more wheel onto the lock, there would only be 9 allowed possible digits you can use for the new wheel. This means the number of possible combinations for

wheels, or

is given recursively by the formula

starting with

(because you can start the combination with any one of the ten available digits 0 through 9).
For example, if the combination for a 3-wheel lock is 282, then a 4-wheel lock can be any one of 2820, 2821, 2823, ..., 2829 (nine possibilities depending on the second-to-last digit).
By substitution, you have

This means a lock with 55 wheels will have

possible combinations (a number with 53 digits).