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.
Answer:
x = 8.5
Step-by-step explanation:
I got this answer by assuming the triangles were congurent, if they are not, the answer may vary.
first, make an equation:
x + 8 = 3x - 9
bring 3x to the other side, by subtracting it
-2x + 8 = -9
Subtract 8
-2x = -17
divide by -2
x = 8.5
Then, just sub x into the formulas
Answer:
3/4
Step-by-step explanation:
The mean of a data set is synonymous with the average. To find the mean, add up all the values in the data set and then divide by the number of elements.
From the table, there is 12 values. Thus, add up all the 12 values and then divide by 12:
Simplify:
Reduce:
Therefore, the mean of the data set is 3/4.
For the data set, this means that the average person guesses the temperature too high by about 3/4°F.
(Note: the symbol of x with a bar over it denotes the mean of a set)
