Haley52605 Haley52605
  • 03-09-2018
  • Mathematics
contestada

The difference between the solutions to the equation x^2=a is 30. What is a? Show that your answer is correct.

Respuesta :

nuuk nuuk
  • 12-09-2018

solution:

x˄2 = a ⇒ x = ±√a

 

The difference between the solutions is

√a - (-√a) = 2√a = 30 ⇒ √a = 15

 

Therefore,

a = 225.


Answer Link

Otras preguntas

Which job posting is most suitable for a person looking for a full-time job in the hospitality industry?
Which of the following is NOT an element of nationalism? A. a common history and culture B. a strong sense of patriotism C. a common language D. an openness to
What is Guyana immediate continental neighbours?
The United States government offered a(n) ___________ for sugar trade to give people an incentive to go to Hawaii. a. imperial grant b. subsidy c. export incent
Which of the following statements best describes Napoleon’s role in the nineteenth century movements to unify Germany and Italy? A. Napoleon supported independe
Help?!! Operation Barbarossa was the Nazi German military invasion of A. China. B. France. C. U.S.S.R. D. Great Britain
Q)How is a conductor different from an insulator. A)A Conductor contains free electrons. B)A conductor contains free protons. C)A conductor contains an equal nu
What is the electric field on the surface of a thin conducting spherical shell containing uniform charge Q?
In which way was the distinction "serf" different from that of "slave"?
Together, the Black Codes and actions of the Ku Klux Klan protected the rights of formerly enslaved people inspired most people to accept the new ways of life h