Answer is: a= -4
STEP
1
:
1
Simplify —————
a + 3
Equation at the end of step
1
:
a 3 1
(————————+—————)-——— = 0
((a2)-9) (a-3) a+3
STEP
2
:
3
Simplify —————
a - 3
Equation at the end of step
2
:
a 3 1
(————————+———)-——— = 0
((a2)-9) a-3 a+3
STEP
3
:
a
Simplify ——————
a2 - 9
Equation at the end of step
3
:
a 3 1
(————————————————— + —————) - ————— = 0
(a + 3) • (a - 3) a - 3 a + 3
Equation at the end of step
4
:
(4a + 9) 1
————————————————— - ————— = 0
(a + 3) • (a - 3) a + 3
Pull out like factors :
3a + 12 = 3 • (a + 4)
Equation at the end of step
6
:
3 • (a + 4)
————————————————— = 0
(a + 3) • (a - 3)
3•(a+4)
——————————— • (a+3)•(a-3) = 0 • (a+3)•(a-3)
(a+3)•(a-3)
a+4 = 0
Subtract 4 from both sides of the equation :
a = -4
I think it is B because it has a continuous line soy it couldn’t be a. It has negative numbers so it couldn’t be D. And it has negative numbers so couldn’t be C
Since there are no multiples other than 1 and -1 that could multiply in any way to equal 1, those are the only numbers you can really work with
it is a possibility that a, b, and c could equal 1 but then it would go wrong when comes time to subtract since all numbers are equal and cannot subtract largest from smallest.
a logical approach would be to try -1, -1, and 1 since -1 * -1 = 1 and then 1* 1 =1
we can make a= -1 , b= -1, and c= 1
(we need b to equal -1 so that we get an answer of -1 opposed to if we made a=-1 and c=-1, all outcomes would equal 1)
-1²=1
-1³=-1
1⁴= 1
since 1 is the largest possible outcome and -1 is the lowest possible outcome you should subtract the two
1-(-1) = 1+1 = 2
The answer should be D: 2
hoped this helped at all!
Answer:
no
Step-by-step explanation:
a^2+b^2=c^2?
12^2+34^2=45^2?
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