The sum of two numbers is 58. The smaller number is 20 less than the larger number. What are the numbers?
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Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Given
x² - 10x = - 36
Solve using the method of completing the square
add ( half the coefficient of the x- term )² to both sides
x² + 2(- 5)x + 25 = - 36 + 25
(x - 5)² = - 11 ( take the square root of both sides )
x - 5 = ± ( add 5 to both sides )
x = 5 ± i
Thus
x = 5 - i or x = 5 + i
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Well we can start by seeing if the parabola is the same width by comparing it to its parent function ( y = x^2 )
In y = x^2 the 2nd lowest point is just up 1 and right 1 away from the vertex.
This is not true for our parabola.
So we can widen it by to the desidered width by making the x^2 into a .5x^2.
So far we’ve got y = .5x^2
Now the parabola y intercept is at -5.
So we can add a -5 into the equation making it.
y = .5x^2 - 5
Now for the x value.
So we can find the x value by seeing how far away the parabola is from from the y axis.
So the x value is -2x.
So the full equation is
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