a) We kindly invite to check the image attached below to see a detailed graph of the <em>piecewise</em> function.
b) The <em>piecewise</em> function is continuous.
<h3>How to understand a piecewise function</h3>
A <em>piecewise</em> function is a <em>conditional</em> combination of two or more functions, whose expression depends on which value of the domain is the function evaluated at.
a) The <em>piecewise</em> function described in the question is plotted on a graphing tool (i.e. <em>Desmos</em>), whose result is presented in the image attached below.
b) A function is <em>continuous</em> if and only if there is one value from range for every value of domain. The <em>piecewise</em> function is continuous as <em>linear</em> functions are continuous and the two functions of the <em>conditional</em> combination have the same value for x = 30.
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Answer:
{1, (-1±√17)/2}
Step-by-step explanation:
There are formulas for the real and/or complex roots of a cubic, but they are so complicated that they are rarely used. Instead, various other strategies are employed. My favorite is the simplest--let a graphing calculator show you the zeros.
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Descartes observed that the sign changes in the coefficients can tell you the number of real roots. This expression has two sign changes (+-+), so has 0 or 2 positive real roots. If the odd-degree terms have their signs changed, there is only one sign change (-++), so one negative real root.
It can also be informative to add the coefficients in both cases--as is, and with the odd-degree term signs changed. Here, the sum is zero in the first case, so we know immediately that x=1 is a zero of the expression. That is sufficient to help us reduce the problem to finding the zeros of the remaining quadratic factor.
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Using synthetic division (or polynomial long division) to factor out x-1 (after removing the common factor of 4), we find the remaining quadratic factor to be x²+x-4.
The zeros of this quadratic factor can be found using the quadratic formula:
a=1, b=1, c=-4
x = (-b±√(b²-4ac))/(2a) = (-1±√1+16)/2
x = (-1 ±√17)2
The zeros are 1 and (-1±√17)/2.
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The graph shows the zeros of the expression. It also shows the quadratic after dividing out the factor (x-1). The vertex of that quadratic can be used to find the remaining solutions exactly: -0.5 ± √4.25.
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The given expression factors as ...
4(x -1)(x² +x -4)
Answer: Q
Step-by-step explanation: the 23 thing simplified would be 4 and a bunch of decimals. Q is the answer on four, and the 23 thing is closest to four, so Q would be the correct answer.
Answer:
an expression of more than two algebraic terms, especially the sum of several terms that contain different powers of the same variable(s).
