A quadratic equation has the general form
of: <span>
y=ax² + bx + c
It can be converted to the vertex form in order
to determine the vertex of the parabola. It has the standard form of:
y = a(x+h)² - k
This can be done by completing a square. The steps are as follows:
</span><span>y = 3x2 + 9x – 18
</span>y = 3(x2 <span>+ 3x) – 18
</span>y + 27/4= 3(x2 <span>+ 3x+ 9/4) – 18
</span>y = 3(x2 + 3/2)^2 – 99<span>/4
</span>
Therefore, the first step is to group terms with the variable x and factoring out the coefficient of x^2.
Using a system of equations, it is found that initially Ada has $0.385.
For the system, we have that the variables are:
- x is Ada's amount.
- y is Betty's amount.
- z is Chris's amount.
- w is David's amount.
$45 total, hence:
Ada <u>gets 2 from Betty</u>, hence:
<u>Chris triples</u> his money and <u>David's</u> money is <u>cut by half</u> four of them have the same amount, hence:
Then:
Solving for w, we find Ada's initial amount.
Initially, Ada has $0.385.
A similar problem is given at brainly.com/question/6120515
16: 14 - divide by 2
16/2= 8 , 14/2=7
64:60- divide by 4
64/4= 16 , 60/4= 15
Answer: 16:14 and 64:60 are not equivalent.