Meanings of inequalities :
< less than
> more than
= equal
convert both fractions to their common denominators , which is 40.
7/2/5 = 7/16/40
7/3/8 = 7/15/40
as you can see, 7/2/5 is bigger. thus the answer is > .
Yes, there is an expanded algorithm for synthetic division involving nonlinear and non-monic divisors (check out the w.i.k.i.pedia page on "synthetic division", under the "Expanded sythetic division" section).
Answer with explanation:
Let us assume that the 2 functions are:
1) f(x)
2) g(x)
Now by definition of concave function we have the first derivative of the function should be strictly decreasing thus for the above 2 function we conclude that

Now the sum of the 2 functions is shown below

Diffrentiating both sides with respect to 'x' we get

Since each term in the right of the above equation is negative thus we conclude that their sum is also negative thus

Thus the sum of the 2 functions is also a concave function.
Part 2)
The product of the 2 functions is shown below

Diffrentiating both sides with respect to 'x' we get

Now we can see the sign of the terms on the right hand side depend on the signs of the function's themselves hence we remain inconclusive about the sign of the product as a whole. Thus the product can be concave or convex.
Answer: 12
Step-by-step explanation:
You can multiply by 12 because to get rid of the fractions all terms should be divided by the LCM (ie the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by 2, 4 and 3)
Multiples of 3 = 3, 6, 9, 12
Multiples of 4 = 4, 8, 12, 16
Multiples of 2 = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
Therefore the fractions should be multiplied by 12