The graph of the equation y=r(x−3)(x−r) intersects the y-axis at (0,48). What are the two possible values of r? A bicycle costs $B before taxes. If the sales tax were 13%, Annemiek would pay a total that is $24 higher than if the sales tax were 5%. What is the value of B? The function f has the following three properties:
f(1)=3. f(2n)=(f(n))2 for all positive integers n. f(2m+1)=3f(2m) for all positive integers m.
Determine the value of f(2)+f(3)+f(4).
Solution
Since △ABD is right-angled at B and has ∠ADB=45°, then ∠BAD=45°.
Similarly, △CPD is right-angled and isosceles with $∠ PCD = 45°$.
Further, △APN and △CBN are also both right-angled and isosceles.
Since CB=6 and NB=CB, then NB=6.
Since AB=12 and NB=6, then AN=AB−NB=6.
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Since △APN is right-angled and isosceles, then its sides are in the ratio 1:1:2.
Thus, $AP = PN = 21 AN = 26=32$.
Alternatively, if AP=PN=x, then the Pythagorean Theorem gives $AN^2 = AP^2 + PN^2andso6^2 = 2x^2$ which gives AP2=x2=18.
Thus, the area of △APN is $21⋅AP⋅ PN = 21⋅32⋅32 = 9$. The line with equation $y = -3x + 6hasy−intercept6,whichmeansthatOB = 6$.
To find the x-intercept of this line, we set y=0 and obtain the equation −3x+6=0 which gives 3x=6 or x=2. This means that OA=2.
Since △ABO is right-angled at O, its area is $21⋅OB⋅ OA = 21⋅6⋅ 2 = 6$.
Since the area of △ACD is 21 of the area of △ABO, then the area of △ACD is 3.
Next, we note that the line with equation $y = mx + 1hasy$-intercept 1; thus, OD=1.
This means that the area of $△ ADOis21⋅OD⋅ OA = 21⋅1⋅ 2 = 1$.
We can determine the area of $△ BCDbysubtractingtheareasof△ ACDand△ ADOfromthatof△ ABO$, which tells us that the area of △BCD is 6−3−1=2.
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Now, we can consider BD, which has length 6−1=5, as the base of △BCD; the corresponding height of △BCD is the distance from C to the y-axis, which we call h.
Thus, $21⋅5⋅ h = 2andsoh = 54$.
This means that C has x-coordinate 54.
Since C is on the line with equation y=−3x+6, we have $y = -3 ⋅54 + 6 = 518$.
Therefore, the coordinates of C are (54,518).
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