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Answer:
b²/c tunnels
Step-by-step explanation:
The number of tunnels per ant-hour is ...
b/(ac)
Multiplying that by the new number of ant-hours, we have ...
(b/(ac))(ab) = b²/c . . . . tunnels
Answer:
b
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
see explanation
Step-by-step explanation:
the result 0 = 0
means the equation has an infinite number of solutions
It has become somewhat fashionable to have students derive the Quadratic Formula themselves; this is done by completing the square for the generic quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0. While I can understand the impulse (showing students how the Formula was invented, and thereby providing a concrete example of the usefulness of abstract symbolic manipulation), the computations involved are often a bit beyond the average student at this point.