Rui is a professional deep water free diver.
His altitude (in meters relative to sea level), xxx seconds after diving, is modeled by:

d(x) = 1/2x^2-10x

how many seconds after diving will Rui reach his lowest altitude

Hint: use the formula -b± b^2 - 4ac /2a

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10 seconds pleb

Step-by-step explanation:

Rui's altitude is modeled by a quadratic function, whose graph is a parabola.

The lowest altitude is reached at the vertex.

So in order to find when that happens, we need to find the vertex's xxx-coordinate.

Hint #22 / 4

The vertex's xxx-coordinate is the average of the two zeros, so let's find those first.

Hint #33 / 4

\begin{aligned} d(x)&=0 \dfrac12x^2 -10x&=0 x^2-20x&=0 x(x-20)&=0 \swarrow\quad&\searrow x=0\text{ or }&x-20=0 x=\goldD{0}\text{ or }&x=\goldD{20} \end{aligned}

d(x)

2

1

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x

2

−10x

x

2

−20x

x(x−20)

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x=0 or

x=0 or

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=0

=0

=0

=0

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x−20=0

x=20

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Now let's take the zeros' average:

\dfrac{(\goldD{0})+(\goldD{20})}{2}=\dfrac{20}{2}=10

2

(0)+(20)

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=

2

20

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=10start fraction, left parenthesis, start color #e07d10, 0, end color #e07d10, right parenthesis, plus, left parenthesis, start color #e07d10, 20, end color #e07d10, right parenthesis, divided by, 2, end fraction, equals, start fraction, 20, divided by, 2, end fraction, equals, 10

Hint #44 / 4

In conclusion, Rui will reach his lowest altitude 101010 seconds after diving.

d

step-by-step explanation:

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