A hot air balloon is at an elevation of 1,250 feet. Its elevation begins to change at a rate of -22.5 feet per minute. How many
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Answer:
denominators are zero for x=1
there is no solution
Step-by-step explanation:
We suspect your equation is supposed to be ...
10/(5x -5) +1/5 = 2/(x -1) . . . . . parentheses are required on denominators
The denominators will be zero for x=1.
This version of the equation has no solution. It simplifies to ...
2/(x-1) + 1/5 = 2/(x -1)
1/5 = 0 . . . . . subtract 2/(x-1) from both sides
There is no value of x that will make this equation true.
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<em>Alternative interpretation</em>
The way your equation is written, it must be interpreted according to the order of operations to be ...
(10/5)x -5 +1/5 = (2/x) -1 . . . . x=0 makes the denominator zero
2x -3.8 = 2/x
2x^2 -3.8x = 2 . . . . multiply by x
2(x^2 -1.9x +.95^2) = 2 +2(0.95^2)
(x -0.95)^2 = 1.9025
x = 0.95 ± √1.9025 ≈ {-0.4293, 2.3293}
The river flows at 2 miles per hour. This is the speed of the current, or the speed at which the water itself is moving.
The mass of the particles moving in river is proportional to the sixth power of 2, or
miles per hour. So, if x is the mass of the particle, then the speed is modeled by an inverse relationship 
, for some constant k.
For particles that are 15 times the usual mass, the speed of the river itself must increase for the particles to travel at the same speed as before. The mass of the particles is still proportional to the sixth power of the speed of the river, but the speed of the river can no longer be 2 miles per hour. It is some speed y, which we are solving for.
So, the key here is proportional. We can set up two proportions and cross multiply.
Cancelling our x's (because we don't need to solve for them), we have
To solve for y, we must take the sixth root of both sides, or raise both sides to the one-sixth power.
![\sqrt[6]{y^6} = \sqrt[6]{960}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%20%5Csqrt%5B6%5D%7By%5E6%7D%20%3D%20%20%5Csqrt%5B6%5D%7B960%7D%20)
Using a calculator, we see that![\sqrt[6]{960} = 3.14 \ miles \ per \ hour](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Csqrt%5B6%5D%7B960%7D%20%3D%203.14%20%5C%20miles%20%5C%20per%20%5C%20hour)
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The mass of the particles moving in river is proportional to the sixth power of 2, or
For particles that are 15 times the usual mass, the speed of the river itself must increase for the particles to travel at the same speed as before. The mass of the particles is still proportional to the sixth power of the speed of the river, but the speed of the river can no longer be 2 miles per hour. It is some speed y, which we are solving for.
So, the key here is proportional. We can set up two proportions and cross multiply.
Cancelling our x's (because we don't need to solve for them), we have
To solve for y, we must take the sixth root of both sides, or raise both sides to the one-sixth power.
Using a calculator, we see that