1. m
2. One set of ordered pairs
3. b
To show why this is, I’m going to explain how to write the equation for a linear function with two random sets of ordered pairs - (1,0) and (5, 8).
First, find the slope. The formula for slope is m = (y2 - y1)/(x2-x1) where m is the slope and (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are two sets of points.
This is why #1 is m. M is the letter used when finding slope.
To find m, I plug in the two sets of ordered pairs.
m = (8-0)/(5-1)
m = 8/4
m = 2
An equation for a line (linear function) is written in something called slope-intercept form. It looks like y = mx + b. m is the slope and b is the y-intercept (number y equals when x = 0). If m = 3 and b = 1, the equation would be y = 3x + 1.
Here, you have just solved for m and know it equals 2. Plug that value in for m.
y = 2x + b
To solve for b, plug one ordered pair in for x and y. I will use (1,0)
0 = 2(1) + b
0 = 2 + b
-2 = b
Now that you know b = -2, plug that in for b.
y = 2x - 2. Now you have the equation fo the line.
Answer:
Width = 15 feet
Length = 45 feet
Step-by-step explanation:
You need to fence in a rectangular piece of land for your dog to run and play. The length is 3 times the width. If the perimeter is 120 ft, what are the dimensions of your very own dog park?
Perimeter of a rectangle = 2L + 2W
The length is 3 times the width.
L = Length = 3W
W = Width
P = 120 ft
Hence:
120 = 2L + 2W
120 = 2(3W) + 2W
120 = 6W + 2W
120 = 8W
W = 120/8
W = 15 feet
Solving for Length
L = 3W
L = 3 × 15 feet
L = 45 feet
Therefore, the dimensions of your very own dog park is
Width = 15 feet
Length = 45 feet
Answer:
Kristen is correct.
2^3 is the same thing as 2 times 2, times 2. 2 cubed = 8.
By the binomial theorem,
where
Then the coefficients of the terms in the expansion are, in order from to ,
To do this problem, you need to use a process called completing the square. Let me explain:
To complete the square on the function f(x) = x² + 8x +13, first group the first two terms in ( ) and leave some space at the end as follows:
f(x) = (x² + 8x ) + 13 Now our next step is to fill in the space and adjust our expression on the right hand side of the function. To do this, we take half of the middle number 8 and then square it: so 4² = 16 and we fill in our space inside the ( ) with this value 16;
f(x) = (x² + 8x + 16) + 13 now what we have done is to increase the overall value of our expression on the right by 16, but we want the overall value to remain the same. To fix this we simply need to subtract 16 at the end like this: f(x) = (x² + 8x + 16) + 13 -16 we can simplify and get the following.
f(x) = (x² + 8x + 16) - 3 At this point we're almost done.. All we need to do now is to rewrite the what is in the parentheses in a slightly different form. Here is what it will look like: f(x) = (x + 4)² - 3 notice all I did was take the sum of the square root of x² and the square root of 16 originally in the ( ) to get then new expression inside the ( ) and then square that ( )²
Now this is a nice form to have because you can get the vertex straight from this form.. IN FACT this is called vertex form or (h,k) form for short. In general the form is f(x) = a(x - h)² + k don't worry about the 'a' for now.. you might see that in our case it is just 1 and will not effect our equation. You only have to consider this if the original leading coefficient of the quadratic is not 1 to begin with...
So you can see that our vertex is (-4,-3)
Hope this is helpful, but if you have questions let me know.