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3 years ago

What is the definition of slope

Mathematics

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lbvjy [14]3 years ago

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Answer:

A slope is a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another

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2 years ago

What is the next term in the sequence below? -324,108,-36,12,...

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Tom [10]

Answer: the function g(x) has the smallest minimum y-value.

Explanation:

1) The function f(x) = 3x² + 12x + 16 is a parabola.

The vertex of the parabola is the minimum or maximum on the parabola.

If the parabola open down then the vertex is a maximum, and if the parabola open upward the vertex is a minimum.

The sign of the coefficient of the quadratic term tells whether the parabola opens upward or downward.

When such coefficient is positive, the parabola opens upward (so it has a minimum); when the coefficient is negative the parabola opens downward (so it has a maximum).

Here the coefficient is positive (3), which tells that the vertex of the parabola is a miimum.

Then, finding the minimum value of the function is done by finding the vertex.

I will change the form of the function to the vertex form by completing squares:

Given: 3x² + 12x + 16

Group: (3x² + 12x) + 16
Common factor: 3 [x² + 4x ] + 16
Complete squares: 3[ ( x² + 4x + 4) - 4] + 16
Factor the trinomial: 3 [(x + 2)² - 4] + 16
Distributive property: 3 (x + 2)² - 12 + 16
Combine like terms: 3 (x + 2)² + 4

That is the vertex form: A(x - h)² + k, whch means that the vertex is (h,k) = (-2, 4).

Then the minimum value is 4 (when x = - 2).

2) The othe function is <span>g(x)= 2 *sin(x-pi)
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The sine function goes from -1 to + 1, so the minimum value of sin(x - pi) is - 1.

When you multiply by 2, you just increased the amplitude of the function and obtain the new minimum value is 2 (-1) = - 2

Comparing the two minima, you have 4 vs - 2, and so the function g(x) has the smallest minimum y-value.

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3 years ago

from the edge of a cliff 180m high, the angles of depression of two boats at sea are 43° and 52° respectively what is the distan

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3 years ago

A $16,000 robot depreciates linearly to zero in 10 years. (a) find a formula for its value as a function of time, t, in years.

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We are given, cost of the robot for 0 number of year = $16,000.

0 represents initial time of the robot.

After 10 year cost of the robot is = $0

The problem is about the number of the years and cost of the robot over different number of years.

So, we could take x coordinate by number of hours and y coordinate for y number of hours.

So, from the problem, we could make two coordinates for the given situation.

(x1,y1) = (0, 16000) and (x2,y2) = (10, 0).

In order to find the function of time, we need to find the rate at which robot rate depreciates each year.

Slope is the rate of change.

So, we need to find the slope of the two coordinates we wrote above.

We know, slope formula

$Slope (m) = \frac{y2-y1}{x2-x1}$

Plugging values in formula, we get

$m=\frac{0-16000}{10-0} = \frac{-16000}{-10} = -1600.$

Brecasue of depreciation we got a negative number for slope or rate of change.

Therefore, rate of depreciation is $1600 per year.

We already given inital cost, that is $16,000.

So, we can setup an a function

f(x) = -1600x + 16000.

But the problem is asked to take the variable t for time.

Replacing x by t, we get

f(t) = -1600t + 16000.

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