Quiz
3. the grocery store sells kumquats for $5.00 a pound and asian pears for $3.25 a
pound. write an equation in standard form for the weights of kumquats k and
asian pears p that a customer could buy with $18.
a 5 +3.25 = k
b 5p + 3.25k = 18
c 5k + 3.25p = 18
d 5k = 3.25p + 18

c. 5k + 3.25p = 18

This equation makes sense because we will multiply the price of kumquats by the amount of pounds of kumquats, and add that value to the price of pears times the amount of pears.  And that number should equal 18.  

step-by-step explanation:

equation

you are asked to write the equation

  expression = 0

using the given expression. when you do that, you have

  2x^2-2x-12 = 0

factoring

you can see that each of the coefficients is even, so a factor of 2 can be removed immediately.

  2(x^2 -x -6) = 0

if you multiply the binomials (x+a)(x+b), you get

  (x +a)(x +b) = x^2 +(a+b)x +ab

this tells you the coefficient of x is the sum of two factors of the constant term. here, that means -1 is the sum of two factors of -6. we want to know those factors so we can factor the trinomial.

  -6 = -1×6 = -2×3 = -3×2 = -6×1

the factor pair that sums to -1 is {-3, 2}, so our factorization is

  2(x -3)(x +2) = 0

solutions

the solutions to this equation are the values of x that make the product zero. a product is zero only when only of the factors of the product is zero. here, that means

  x - 3 = 0

  x = 3 . . . add 3 to both sides of the equation

or

  x +2 = 0

  x = -2 . . . add -2 to both sides of the equation

the solutions to the equation are x=3 or x=-2. both of these values of x satisfy the equation—they make it be true.