PLEASE HELP DUDE I AM NOT SMART ENOUGH FOR THIS
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Step-by-step explanation:
In order to solve this problem, let's first understand what the question is asking.
If we combine Solution A (with 35% salt) and Solution B (with 85% salt), our goal is to create a 40 ounce mixture with 45% salt.
Let's model an equation for this, assuming that a is the amount of ounces of Solution A and b is the amount of ounces of Solution B.
<em>Why?</em> Since 35% of a number is the same as multiplying it by 0.35, we can multiple the total number of ounces by the decimal to find how many ounces of it will contain salt.
We also know that we need 40 ounces of this mixture. Therefore, adding together Solution A and B must get 40:
We can now solve this systems of equations.
Now that we know Solution B needs 8 ounces of mixture, we can substitute it into an equation to solve for a.
Therefore, we need 32 ounces of Solution A and 8 ounces of Solution B.
Hope this helped!
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see attached for a graph
Step-by-step explanation:
It looks like you want to plot a graph of the function. For a piecewise function like this one, the effort is divided into pieces. The "or equal to" part of the comparison symbol tells you the end value is included in that interval.
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For the piece between x=-8 and x=-6, you can find the y-values by evaluating the function for those x-values.
For x = -8: y = -1/2(-8) = 4.
For x = -6: y = -1/2(-6) = 3.
So, the left piece can be plotted by drawing a line segment between points (-8, 4) and (-6, 3).
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For the piece between x=-6 and x=1, you can do the same thing:
For x=-6: y = -(-6) -3) = 6-3 = 3
For x=1: y = -(1) -3 = -4
So, the right piece can be plotted by drawing a line segment between points (-6, 3) and (1, -4). We notice that (-6, 3) is already the end point of the first piece, so the function is continuous at x=-6. (Sometimes there is a discontinuity between pieces. Not here.)
You can also plot the right piece by recognizing it is a line with a y-intercept of -3 and a slope of -1. That is, point (0, -3) will be on that line, and it will have a "rise" of -1 for each "run" of 1 (to the right).
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A graph is shown. We have made the pieces different colors, so you can see what they are. And we have plotted a filled dot at (-6, 3) to indicate that point is part of the function definition. (The dot is unnecessary.)
