I got the one but not the -5/7. You have 1 and half minutes average time do these problems do you really think you can use the quadractic equation in that little time? I think Jeff b is a little more on target.
The only way I could figure it out was to realize 1 for x in denominator provided zero( I was lucky to see it) then I knew that 1 less than any of the answers would provide the correct solution when f(x) also equaled zero
since d was less than one, we got a negative value 2/7-1 =-5/7 when that was plugged into the denominator.
(5^2/7^2)*7 = 25/7, -5/7* -2 =+10/7 , -5
it provided ( 25/7 + 10/7) -5 = 0
35/7 = 5, 5 – 5 = 0
I had also factored out the denominator and got the sames as jeff b ( -7x-5) (-x+1) but could not put it together. that was the most efficient way.
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Why not just factor the denominator into (7X + 5)(X-1)=0; so X=1 and X= -5/7, quicker, no?
I got the one but not the -5/7. You have 1 and half minutes average time do these problems do you really think you can use the quadractic equation in that little time? I think Jeff b is a little more on target.
Why not just use -a/b to find the sum of the denominator?
The only way I could figure it out was to realize 1 for x in denominator provided zero( I was lucky to see it) then I knew that 1 less than any of the answers would provide the correct solution when f(x) also equaled zero
since d was less than one, we got a negative value 2/7-1 =-5/7 when that was plugged into the denominator.
(5^2/7^2)*7 = 25/7, -5/7* -2 =+10/7 , -5
it provided ( 25/7 + 10/7) -5 = 0
35/7 = 5, 5 – 5 = 0
I had also factored out the denominator and got the sames as jeff b ( -7x-5) (-x+1) but could not put it together. that was the most efficient way.