Answer:
I do not know if that x is a multiply sign or a variable so I'm going to answer both
If the x is a multiplication sign then the answer is -20 = -9
If the x is a variable then the answer is x = -2
Step-by-step explanation:
1/2(5 * -8) = -9
(1 * 5 * -8)/2 = -9
(5 * -8)/2 = -9
-40/2 = -9
-20 = -9
-20 ≠ -9
1/2(5x - 8) = -9
1(5x -8)/2 = -9
(5x - 8)/2 = -9
2((5x - 8)/2) = -9 * 2
2(5x - 8)/2 = -9 * 2
5x - 8 = -9 * 2
5x - 8 = -18
+8 +8
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5x = -10
x = -10/5
x = -2
Answer:
a) 1/2
b) 250
Step-by-step explanation:
The start of the question doesn't matter entirely, although is interesting to read. What we are trying to do is find the value for 
such that 
is maximized. Once we have that , we can easily find the answer to part b.
Finding the value that maximizes is the same as finding the value that maximizes 
, just on a smaller scale. So, we really want to maximize . To do this, we will do a trick called completing the square.
.
Because there is a negative sign in front of the big squared term, combined with the fact that a square is always positive, means we need to find the value of such that the inner part of the square term is equal to 
.
.
So, the answer to part a is 
.
We can then plug 
into the equation for p to find the answer to part b.
.
So, the answer to part b is 
.
And we're done!
You can show money as a fraction by taking the amount of cents, and putting it over 100.
Ex. $1.47 = 147 cents
147 cents = 147/100 in fraction form.
Answer: 7
Step-by-step explanation:
Since we are given the information that a group of friends had 28 driveways to shovel and that one of them shoveled 1/4 of the driveways.
The number of driveways that he shovel will be:
= 1/4 × 28
= 7
Therefore, he shovel 7 driveways.
