(a) 0.50 per pound, you do 6 divided by 12
(b) 9.17 pounds per field, you do 55 divided by 6
Not sure but I think it is 3. If you get it wrong I am so sorry.
Factor-
1. Factor 3x2 + 6x if possible.
Look for monomial (single-term) factors first; 3 is a factor of both 3x2
and 6x and so is x . Factor them out to get
3x2 + 6x = 3(x2 + 2x1 = 3x(x+ 2) .
2. Factor x2 + x - 6 if possible.
Here we have no common monomial factors. To get the x2 term
we'll have the form (x +-)(x +-) . Since
(x+A)(x+B) = x2 + (A+B)x + AB ,
we need two numbers A and B whose sum is 1 and whose product is
-6 . Integer possibilities that will give a product of -6 are
-6 and 1, 6 and -1, -3 and 2, 3 and -2.
The only pair whose sum is 1 is (3 and -2) , so the factorization is
x2 + x - 6 = (x+3)(x-2) .
3. Factor 4x2 - 3x - 10 if possible.
Because of the 4x2 term the factored form wli be either
(4x+A)(x +B) or (2x+A)(2x+B) . Because of the -10 the integer possibilities
for the pair A, B are
10 and -1 , -10 and 1 , 5 and -2 . -5 and 2 , plus each of
these in reversed order.
Check the various possibilities by trial and error. It may help to write
out the expansions
(4x + A)(x+ B) = 4x2 + (4B+A)x + A8
1 trying to get -3 here
(2x+A)(2x+B) = 4x2 + (2B+ 2A)x + AB
Trial and error gives the factorization 4x2 - 3x - 10 - (4x+5)(x- 2) .
4. Difference of two squares. Since (A + B)(A - B) = - B~ , any
expression of the form A' - B' can be factored. Note that A and B
might be anything at all.
Examples: 9x2 - 16 = (3x1' - 4' = (3x +4)(3x - 4)
x2 - 29 = x2 - (my)* = (x+ JTy)(x- my)
For any of the above examples one could also use the
In order to find scientific notation you have to move the decimal (which is located at the end of the number in the case) where it becomes a number less than 10 but greater than 1.
(190,000.) = (1.9)
How ever many times you moved the decimal (in this case 5) will now become the exponent (whether the exponent is positive or negative will tell you whether to move left or right)
(1.90,000.)
(5)
As an end result 190,000 in scientific notation will then equal 1.9x10^5