In general: look for what the terms have in common. for example, take the binomial 2x² - 4x. you would be able to factor out a "2" because of the coefficients, and both terms have an "x" -- you can take that out too. that makes your GCF 2x. technically, what you're doing with factoring is dividing the terms by your GCF--2x² divided by 2x leaves you with x, and 4x divided by 2x leaves you with two. that's how you end up with (x - 2) in your binomial. your result looks like this: 2x(x - 2).
if you have any specific binomials you need help with, feel free to send me a message or comment on this and i'll see if i can help. if you're just asking in general, then just remember to look for what the terms have in common, then take it out.
Ok, so we know it costs $1.10 to make a pin, so the cost of making all 1000 pins must have been:

We know that 35% of the pins, hence 350 pins, were given to charity (we assume this means donated for free), and so the company sold 650 pins.
60% of these we sold at $3 each;

So 390 pins sold at $3 each comes to

So the company has already made $1170.
The other 40% of the 650 remaining pins (260 pins) were sold at $5 for 2. We assume from the question that they were only sold in pairs and were all sold, so we can essentially figure out that 130 pairs were sold at $5 each;

So the company has sold the pins for $650 + $1170 = $1820
This means that the company has made
$1820 - $1100 = $720 as profit
So the percentage profit earned (profit/cost times 100%) would be

Which to one decimal place is 65.5% profit.
Hope this helped.
(1,1) because x + 2y <4
=1 + 2(1)
= 3 which is less than 4
The quadratic function given by:
is in vertex form. The graph of
is a parabola whose axis is the vertical line
and whose vertex is the point
. So:
To translate the graph of a function to the right, left, upward or downward we have:

By knowing this things, we can solve our problem as follows:
FIRST.
- Translating <em>11 units to the left:</em>

- Then translating<em> 5 units down:</em>

Since the new function is fatter, the factor we need to multiply the term
<em>must be</em> less than 1, to make the graph fatter. So, according to our options, there are two factors 1/2 and 2.
<em>Therefore, the right answer is </em><em>b. f(x) = 1/2(x + 11)^2 - 5</em>
SECOND.
- Translating <em>8 units to the right:</em>

- Then translating<em> 1 unit down:</em>

As explained in the previous case, there are two factors 1/3 and 3, so we choose the first one.
<em>Therefore, the right answer is </em><em>a. g(x) = 1/3(x - 8)^2 - 1</em>