Bond returns refers to the amount of loss or gain that is received from a bond investment. The calculation of the return on a given bond normally includes the purchase price plus any interest income earned from the bond purchase.
Both problems give you a function in the second column and the x-values. To find out the values of a through f, you need to plug in those x-values into the function and simplify!
You need to know three exponent rules to simplify these expressions:
1)
The
negative exponent rule says that when a
base has a negative exponent, flip the base onto the other side of the
fraction to make it into a positive exponent. For example,

.
2)
Raising a fraction to a power is the same as separately raising the numerator and denominator to that power. For example,

.
3) The
zero exponent rule<span> says that any number
raised to zero is 1. For example,

.
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Back to the Problem:
Problem 1
The x-values are in the left column. The title of the right column tells you that the function is

. The x-values are:
<span>
1) x = 0</span>Plug this into

to find letter a:

<span>
2) x = 2</span>Plug this into

to find letter b:

<span>
3) x = 4</span>Plug this into

to find letter c:

<span>
Problem 2
</span>The x-values are in the left column. The title of the right column tells you that the function is

. The x-values are:
<span>
1) x = 0</span>Plug this into

to find letter d:

<span>
2) x = 2
</span>Plug this into

to find letter e:

<span>
3) x = 4
</span>Plug this into

to find letter f:

<span>
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Answers: a = 1b = </span>

<span>
c = </span>
d = 1e =
f =
$30 + $35 = $65
Assuming tax is on whole sale not each item:
$65 * 0.06 (6%) = $3.90 (6% of $65)
$65 + $3.90 = $68.90 ($65 + 6%)
OR
You could combine both of these steps and just use this working:
$65 * 1.06 (106%) = $68.90 (106% of $65)
I don't know, what did the policeman shout to the math professor as a mob of excited calculus students crowded around these displays on his graphing calculator?
A = L * W
A = 357
W = 17
357 = 17L
357 / 17 = L
21 = L <== length is 21 inches