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3 years ago

Which of the following is a polynomial?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Zina [86]3 years ago

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Answer:

A, B, C

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming the choices are:

A. $(x-2)(x^{4}+3)$

B. $x^{2} -1$

C. A+ $x^{4} +16$

D. $\frac{1}{x} +2$

Put simply, a polynomial in this case will be a function that has at least one variable raised to a power greater than 1.

Choice A already has a variable raised to a power greater than 1 ( $x^{4}$ ), so no additional manipulation is needed.

Choice B also has a term that is already raised to a power greater than 1 ( $x^{2}$ ). It is the same for choice C ( $x^{4}$ ).

Choice D does not have an obvious variable raised to a power greater than 1. When the equation is manipulated it becomes $x^{-1} +2$ . Since -1 is less than 1, choice D is not a polynomial.

maxonik [38]3 years ago

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Answer:

Option D

Step-by-step explanation:

$\\ \sf\longmapsto \dfrac{1}{x}+2$

Simplify

$\\ \sf\longmapsto x^{-1}+2$

Degree is less than 1 .It's not a polynomial

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Answer:

Here's what I get.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Representation of data

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It seems to me that arm span depends on your height rather than the other way around.

(b) Regression equation

The calculation is easy but tedious, so I asked Excel to do it.

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This gave the regression equation:

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(c) Interpretation

The line shows how arm span depends on height.

The slope of the line says that arm span increases about 6 % faster than height.

The y-intercept is -4. If your height is zero, your arm length is -4 in (both are impossible).

(d) Residuals

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The residuals appear to be evenly distributed above and below the predicted values.

A graph of all the residuals confirms this observation.

The equation usually predicts arm span to within 4 in.

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(i) Height of person with 66 in arm span

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nalin [4]

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Cramer's rule is a rule through which we can find the solution of linear equation.

we have the three linear equations as

x+2y+3z=11

2x+y+2z=10

3x+2y+z=9

AX=B

A: coefficient matrix

X= unknown vectors(x,y,z)

D = values of the linear equation (11 , 10 , 9)

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determinant of the matrix will be

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we will be replacing the first column of the coefficient matrix A with the values of D

by replacing the first column we will get the value of the variable 'x'

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sergiy2304 [10]

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

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