Answer:
0.004, 4%, 1/4, 4/9.
Explanation:
Answer:
x = 80
Step-by-step explanation:
Combine − 3/5x and 7/20x to get -19/20x.
Then combine -19/20x and 1/4x and you get -7/10x.
Then you multiply both sides by -10/7 which is the reciprocal of -7/10.
Make -56(-10) one fraction.
Multiply -56 and -10 and you get 560.
Then divide 560 by 7 to get 80.
Let us model this problem with a polynomial function.
Let x = day number (1,2,3,4, ...)
Let y = number of creatures colled on day x.
Because we have 5 data points, we shall use a 4th order polynomial of the form
y = a₁x⁴ + a₂x³ + a₃x² + a₄x + a₅
Substitute x=1,2, ..., 5 into y(x) to obtain the matrix equation
| 1 1 1 1 1 | | a₁ | | 42 |
| 2⁴ 2³ 2² 2¹ 2⁰ | | a₂ | | 26 |
| 3⁴ 3³ 3² 3¹ 3⁰ | | a₃ | = | 61 |
| 4⁴ 4³ 4² 4¹ 4⁰ | | a₄ | | 65 |
| 5⁴ 5³ 5² 5¹ 5⁰ | | a₅ | | 56 |
When this matrix equation is solved in the calculator, we obtain
a₁ = 4.1667
a₂ = -55.3333
a₃ = 253.3333
a₄ = -451.1667
a₅ = 291.0000
Test the solution.
y(1) = 42
y(2) = 26
y(3) = 61
y(4) = 65
y(5) = 56
The average for 5 days is (42+26+61+65+56)/5 = 50.
If Kathy collected 53 creatures instead of 56 on day 5, the average becomes
(42+26+61+65+53)/5 = 49.4.
Now predict values for days 5,7,8.
y(6) = 152
y(7) = 571
y(8) = 1631
Answer:
$111
Step-by-step explanation:
The bank balance is ...
$700 × (1 + 0.05) = $735
The cost of the computer is ...
$750 × (1 -0.20) × (1 +0.04) = $624
The remaining bank balance after paying for the computer is ...
$735 -624 = $111
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When you add a percentage, you effectively multiply by the sum of 1 and that percentage. The same is true if the amount "added" is negative (as for a discounted price).
(original amount) + (percentage)×(original amount)
Use the distributive property to factor out the original amount:
= (original amount)×(1 + percentage)
Answer:
A) slope = 20.
B) The slope of 20 dollars per hour means that for every hour, the price of the service call increases by 20 dollars (or you could say the price of the service call is 20 dollars every hour, both work.)
Step-by-step explanation:
Recall that slope is y2 - y1 / x2 - x1.
Excellent. We are provided with two points: (1, 60) and (3, 100). Let’s enter this into our formula.
Slope = (100 - 60) / (3 - 1) = 40 / 2 = 20.
Now, to determine what the slope means, we can look at the axis titles on the graph. The x axis title is hours, or time in hours. The y axis title is price of the service call in dollars. Therefore, the slope is price (in dollars) per time (in hours).
This can be restated as: The slope of 20 dollars per hour means that for every hour, the price of the service call increases by 20 dollars (or you could say the price of the service call is 20 dollars every hour, both work.)
Hope this helps!
