Question
5. Shara's new lawn sprinkler watered a circular area with three times the radius of the old sprinkler. How many times greater was the area watered by the new sprinkler than the area watered by the old sprinkler?
a)3
b)6
c)9
d)36
6.How many x-intercepts does the graph of the equation below have ?
y = 2x^2 - x - 3
a)3
b)2
c)1
d)0
My answers: (please check)
5. A
6. A
a)3
b)6
c)9
d)36
6.How many x-intercepts does the graph of the equation below have ?
y = 2x^2 - x - 3
a)3
b)2
c)1
d)0
My answers: (please check)
5. A
6. A
Answers
5 ok
6 huh? How can a parabola have three roots? Did you try graphing it? Remember the quadratic formula?
recall that an nth degree polynomial has at most n real roots
6 huh? How can a parabola have three roots? Did you try graphing it? Remember the quadratic formula?
recall that an nth degree polynomial has at most n real roots
oops. #5 the area is 3^2 times as big.
5. C
6. B
6. B
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