Answer:
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I'm not great at explaining answers like this. Please ask a teacher etc. for a better explanation!
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Plug x = 0 into the function
f(x) = x^3 + 2x - 1
f(0) = 0^3 + 2(0) - 1
f(0) = -1
Note how the result is negative. The actual number itself doesn't matter. All we care about is the sign of the result.
Repeat for x = 1
f(x) = x^3 + 2x - 1
f(1) = 1^3 + 2(1) - 1
f(1) = 2
This result is positive.
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We found that f(0) = -1 and f(1) = 2. The first output -1 is negative while the second output 2 is positive. Going from negative to positive means that, at some point, we will hit y = 0. We might have multiple instances of this happening, or just one. We don't know for sure. The only thing we do know is that there is at least one root in this interval.
To actually find this root, you'll need to use a graphing calculator because the root is some complicated decimal value. Using a graphing calculator, you should find the root to be approximately 0.4533976515
10.4% as a fraction is 104/1000
Answer:
28 hours
Step-by-step explanation:
Adena, Julius, and Tia volunteered to read to children at the public library.
Let us represent, the number of hours worked by
Adena = x
Julius = y
Tia = z
Julius worked two hours less than Tia.
y = z - 2
z = y + 2
Adena worked twice as many hours as Julius.
x = 2y
Altogether they worked 58 hours.
x + y + z = 58.... Equation 1
We substitute 2y for x and y + 2 for z in Equation 1
2y + y + y + 2 = 58
4y + 2 = 58
Collect like terms
4y = 58 - 2
4y = 56
y = 56/4
y = 14
We are the find the number of hours Adena worked which is represented by x
Note that:
x = 2y
y = 14, hence,
x = 2 × 14
x = 28 hours
Therefore, the number of hours Adena worked is 28 hours
