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2 years ago

What is the difference between factoring and solving ?

Mathematics

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trapecia [35]2 years ago

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Answer:

Factoring is a step taken towards solving a quadratic equation. ... You cannot factor them, the only way to find the roots then, is by using the quadratic formula. Suppose you factor the quadratic polynomial as and . Then set them equal to zero and solve for , you will have

Step-by-step explanation.

Example 1 – Solve: x2 + 16 = 10x

Step 1: Write the equation in the correct form. In this case, we need to set the equation equal to zero with the terms written in descending order.

Step 2: Use a factoring strategies to factor the problem.

Step 3: Use the Zero Product Property and set each factor containing a variable equal to zero.

Step 4: Solve each factor that was set equal to zero by getting the x on one side and the answer on the other side.

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

We want the velocity to be BETWEEN -90 and -58.

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–90 < –32t – 10 < –58

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and so on.

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1 year ago

What is the solution to this system of equations? Y= 2x - 3.5 x - 2y = -14

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Answer:

x=7

y=10.5

Step-by-step explanation:

1. You can apply the method of substitution, as you can see below:

- Substitute $y=2x-3.5$ into the other equation and solve fo x:

$x-2(2x-3.5)=-14\\x-4x+7=-14\\x=7$

- Substitute the value of x obtain into the first equation, then the value of y is:

$y=2(7)-3.5\\y=10.5$

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Answer:

i) (0, 2) and (1, 2), ii) (0.333, 1.333) and (1, 2).

Step-by-step explanation:

i) Let be $y=3\cdot x^{2}-3\cdot x -1$ , if $3\cdot x^{2}-3\cdot x +2 = 2$ , which is equivalent to the following system of equations:

$y = 3\cdot x^{2}-3\cdot x +2$

$y = 2$

Now, this system is now represented by means of a graphing tool and whose outcome is attached below. There are two solutions: (0, 2) and (1, 2)

ii) Let be $y=3\cdot x^{2}-3\cdot x -1$ , if $3\cdot x^{2}-3\cdot x +2 = x+1$ , which is equivalent to the following system of equations:

$y = 3\cdot x^{2}-3\cdot x +2$

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Now, this system is now represented by means of a graphing tool and whose outcome is attached below. There are two solutions: (0.333, 1.333) and (1, 2)

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Answer:

y=-10x

Step-by-step explanation:

y=-10x

y/x=-10

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