1,063 Answered Questions for the topic Pre-Calculus

Pre Calculus

08/25/15

Please help! Need to show work. So lost. Don't even know where to begin!!

A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of cardboard by cutting 4 in. Squares from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 100 in "cubed". How big a... more
Pre Calculus Trigonometry

08/20/15

What is the slope of the line parallel to the line whose equation is given by -y=-4x+6

this honestly has my mind boggled. I haven't been in school for 3 years and I am completely lost. I need an explanation of how to work this problem out or as much as you can tell me. thank you.
Pre Calculus

07/22/15

Write an equation in slope-intercept form for the line described: the x-axis

Please help me write the equation.
Pre Calculus Math Football Word Problem

06/24/15

Word problem, Math, Matrix unit

"In a football game, Team A defeated Team B by a score of 28 to 10. The total points scored came from a combination of touchdowns, extra-point kicks, and field goals, worth 6, 1, and 3 points,... more
Pre Calculus Math Simplify Mathematics

06/10/15

How do I answer these questions involving square roots?

1) Simplify the expression √32 + √98   2) Solve the equation by factoring. (2x-13)^2 = 8   3) Find the domain of the expression. √x^2 - 36 (the whole thing is under the square root symbol)
Pre Calculus Math Functions Parabolas

06/10/15

Find a function whose graph is a parabola with this vertex and passes through this point

Parabola with vertex (7,8) that passes through the point (6,-9)
Pre Calculus Functions Zeroes

06/09/15

How do I find the zeroes of this function?

f(x) = 25x2 + 60x + 36   and how do I find the maximum or minimum value of f(x).

06/08/15

Sonic boom trig question

The US Air Force was running maneuvers with the F22 Raptor, flying low enough so that you could see the shock cone created as the jet flies overhead at supersonic speeds. You wanted to take a video... more

06/03/15

Compound interest and exponential growth

I have no idea how to start this. Please help.     Oppenheimer has a mutual fund where an investment of $5000 at an annual interest rate of 10% compounded semianually over 25 years will yield a... more
Pre Calculus

05/28/15

Assume that f(x) = x + 5 x2 + 1 for every real number x. Evaluate and simplify the following expression. f(5a) =

Please solve for f(5a)
Pre Calculus

05/19/15

Solve for s: 11*12^s=396*2^s

Help please
Pre Calculus

05/18/15

Given sides of lengths 1604, 1560 and 164 meters, find the area

Please help solve this
Pre Calculus

05/18/15

Given sides of lengths 585 and 550 meters, find the included angle if the opposite side is 145 meters

Please help
Pre Calculus

05/18/15

A sector has central angle 1.93 rads and radius 5 meters. Find the area

Help me please

05/18/15

y=-log(3)x+2. Find domain, x-intercept and vertical asymptote

y=-log(3)x+2. Find domain, x-intercept and vertical asymptote, I also have to sketch a graph 
Pre Calculus

05/11/15

If y = 1 / x – 1 , what is x in terms of y?

please answer
Pre Calculus

05/06/15

Using a Pythagorean identity we see that the equation sin x + sin^2 x + cos^2 x = 1 is equivalent to the basic equation________

whose solutions are x =________ for any integer k.
Pre Calculus

05/06/15

Solve this equation. Give a general formula for all the solutions using k to represent your arbitrary integer and using only angles between 0 and 2p.

Solve this equation. Give a general formula for all the solutions using k to represent your arbitrary integer and using only angles between 0 and 2π. sin(2θ) = -1θ = ________________+ 2kπ (smaller... more
Pre Calculus Math Precalculus

05/05/15

Write the sum using summation notation, assuming the suggested pattern continues.

Write the sum using summation notation, assuming the suggested pattern continues.-8 - 3 + 2 + 7 + ... + 67 summation of the quantity negative eight plus five n from n equals zero to fifteen... more
Pre Calculus

05/04/15

sin x – 2sin x cos x = 0

Help please
Pre Calculus

05/04/15

2 tan^2 x+sec^2 x=2

Help please
Pre Calculus

05/04/15

sec x + tan x = 1

I am confused please help
Pre Calculus

05/04/15

sin(A+B) sin(A-B)=sin^2(A)-sin^2(B)

Help please

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