Start from the end. 5+4*2. Which in turn equals 18 inches.
The left hand side expression of the given equation is a difference of two squares. The first term, x², is a square of x and the second term, 25 is the square of 5. The factors of the expression are (x - 5) and (x + 5).
(x - 5)(x + 5) = 0
The values of x from the equation above are x = -5 and x = 5.
A number 1/10 as great as 7962 would be 796.2
You get this answer by either dividing 7,962 with 10 which gives you 769.2
Or you can multiply 7,962 with 1/10 to get 7,962/10. If you simplify then you get 796 1/5 or 796.2.
<u>Solution-</u>
The atmospheric pressure at sea level = 14.7 lb/in²
Pressure gets reduced by half for each 3.6 miles we move up.
Taking,
x = miles above the sea-level
y = pressure in lb/in²
0 14.7
3.6 7.35
7.2 3.675
10.8 1.8375
It can be observed that both the variables are in inverse proportion as the distance from sea-level increase the pressure decreases.
As only the second graph satisfies the points and inverse proportional condition, so that is the correct graph.
By plotting the graph in excel taking these data set, the following plot was obtained.