Well, you only listed three pieces so far. But I can already see a
pattern emerging from those three.
Of course, the next piece might return to 1-1/2 inches. I mean,
the pattern can't just keep on going and increasing forever or
Cody would eventually wind up with pieces that are a mile long.
It must eventually return to 1-1/2 inches and start over from there.
From the first piece to the second one, and from the second one
to the third one, the increase is 5/16 inch both times. So if the
pattern is more than three pieces long before it starts over from
1-1/2, then the next piece is
(2-1/8 + 5/16) = (2-2/16 + 5/16) = 2-7/16 inches .
I'm presuming that the 'large cube' is made from 8 cubes the same size as the 8 cubes in the long row. They both have the same volume, the only difference between them is that they are arranged in a different order. Hope this helps. If not feel free to ask again and give more information.
Answer:
(a) 
or 
(b) 
or 
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
--- North Dakota
--- Cheyenne, Wyoming
Solving (a): Inequality to compare both temperatures
From the given temperatures, we can conclude that:
or 
Because
i.e. 1 is greater than -2
or
i.e. -2 is less than 1
Solving (b): Inequality to compare the absolute values of the temperatures
We have:
The absolute values are:
By comparison:
or 
Because
i.e. 2 is greater than 1
or
i.e. 1 is less than 2
The correct answer is C.
You can tell this by factoring the equation to get the zeros. To start, pull out the greatest common factor.
f(x) = x^4 + x^3 - 2x^2
Since each term has at least x^2, we can factor it out.
f(x) = x^2(x^2 + x - 2)
Now we can factor the inside by looking for factors of the constant, which is 2, that add up to the coefficient of x. 2 and -1 both add up to 1 and multiply to -2. So, we place these two numbers in parenthesis with an x.
f(x) = x^2(x + 2)(x - 1)
Now we can also separate the x^2 into 2 x's.
f(x) = (x)(x)(x + 2)(x - 1)
To find the zeros, we need to set them all equal to 0
x = 0
x = 0
x + 2 = 0
x = -2
x - 1 = 0
x = 1
Since there are two 0's, we know the graph just touches there. Since there are 1 of the other two numbers, we know that it crosses there.
Four plus the absolute value of twenty-seven minus ten
