Solve for x:
x^9 = n x
Subtract n x from both sides:
x^9 - n x = 0
Factor x and constant terms from the left hand side:
-x (n - x^8) = 0
Multiply both sides by -1:
x (n - x^8) = 0
Split into two equations:
x = 0 or n - x^8 = 0
Subtract n from both sides:
x = 0 or -x^8 = -n
Multiply both sides by -1:
x = 0 or x^8 = n
Taking 8^th roots gives n^(1/8) times the 8^th roots of unity:
Answer: x = 0 or x = -n^(1/8) or x = -i n^(1/8) or x = i n^(1/8) or x = n^(1/8) or x = -(-1)^(1/4) n^(1/8) or x = (-1)^(1/4) n^(1/8) or x = -(-1)^(3/4) n^(1/8) or x = (-1)^(3/4) n^(1/8)
Multiply number of gallons by 16 (because 16 oz/ 1 gallon).
This is always ''interesting'' If you see an absolute value, you always need to deal with when it is zero:
(x-4)=0 ===> x=4,
so that now you have to plot 2 functions!
For x<= 4: what's inside the absolute value (x-4) is negative, right?, then let's make it +, by multiplying by -1:
|x-4| = -(x-4)=4-x
Then:
for x<=4, y = -x+4-7 = -x-3
for x=>4, (x-4) is positive, so no changes:
y= x-4-7 = x-11,
Now plot both lines. Pick up some x that are 4 or less, for y = -x-3, and some points that are 4 or greater, for y=x-11
In fact, only two points are necessary to draw a line, right? So if you want to go full speed, choose:
x=4 and x= 3 for y=-x-3
And just x=5 for y=x-11
The reason is that the absolute value is continuous, so x=4 works for both:
x=4===> y=-4-3 = -7
x==4 ====> y = 4-11=-7!
abs() usually have a cusp int he point where it is =0
Hope it helps, despite being this long!
Here, the answer would be: 765 * 11 = 8415 [ About 8 thousands ]
In short, Your Answer would be Option C) <span>The answer should be about 8,000 yards. The student's answer is not correct.
Hope this helps!</span>
Answer: y=1/4 x - 7
Found the equation using slope-intercept form
