The greatest possible number of club members is 7
<em><u>Solution:</u></em>
Given that, local readers’ club has a set of 49 hardback books and a set of 21 paperbacks
Each set can be divided equally among the club members
To find the greatest possible number of club members, we have to find the greatest common factor of 49 and 21
The greatest number that is a factor of two (or more) other numbers.
When we find all the factors of two or more numbers, and some factors are the same ("common"), then the largest of those common factors is the Greatest Common Factor.
<em><u>Greatest common factor of 49 and 21:</u></em>
The factors of 21 are: 1, 3, 7, 21
The factors of 49 are: 1, 7, 49
Then the greatest common factor is 7
Thus, the greatest possible number of club members is 7
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation: thank me later
7 is the distance from school to his aunt
44/5=8.5
8.5-1.5=7
See the attached image for the graph. The piecewise function is simply a collection of functions glued together to form a sort of "frankenstein function" of sorts. Here's how it works. If x is between 0 and 1 (including 0 but excluding 1), then f(x) = -2 for all x values mentioned. This is exactly what the first row of the piecewise function says. Then the second line says "if x is between 1 and 2, including both endpoints, then f(x) = 3-x". Finally the last line says f(x) = 1 as long as x is larger than 1 but smaller than 4. The value x = 4 is allowed for this piece but x = 1 is not allowed.
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Now onto function evaluation. We want to evaluate f(1) so we need to find f(x) when x = 1. If x = 1, then we'll use the second piece because the first piece excludes x = 1. So
f(x) = 3-x
f(1) = 3-1
f(1) = 2
is the first answer for the function evaluation section.
The value of f(3) is equal to 1 since we resort to using the third piece of the piecewise function (x = 3 is in the range from x = 2 to x = 4)
The value of f(-5) is undefined simply because we're out of the range defined by the piecewise function. The smallest x can get is x = 0.
Finally, f(2) is equal to 1 since...
f(x) = 3-x
f(2) = 3-2
f(2) = 1
again we use the second piece of the piecewise function because x = 2 is in the range 1 <= x <= 2
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In summary:
f(1) = 2
f(3) = 1
f(-5) = undefined
f(2) = 1
Once again have a look at the graph to see how the points match up. I've color-coded the graph so that each piece is a different color. The first piece is in red, the second in blue, the third in green. Note the open hole at point B to indicate "don't include this point as part of the graph".