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solve for x. show your work.

First exercise:

Second exercise:

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the Intersecting Secants Theorem the products of the segments of two secants that intersect each other outside a circle, are equal.

Knowing this, in order to solve the first exercise and the second exercise, we can write  the following expressions and solve for "x":

For the first exercise, we get:

For the second exercise, we get:

answer:   n ≤ -3 or n < -5

step-by-step explanation:

-5 + 2n ≥ -11

+5             +5

2n ≥ -6

2/2 ≤ -6/2

n ≤ -3

-6 - 10n > 44

+6           +6

-10n > 50

-10/-10 50/-10

n < -5

the value of v.w= -12.

step-by-step explanation:

we are given three vector r,v and w as:

r = < 5, -5, -2> ; v = < 2, -8, -8> ; w = < -2, 6, -5>

we know that r,v and w could also be represented as:

r=5i-5j-2k

v=2i-8j-8k

and w= -2i+6j-5k

where i,j and k are the unit vectors of x,y and z-axis respectively.

also we know that it has the following property:

i.i=1 ; j.j=1; k.k=1

and i.=j.i=i.k=k.i=j.k=k.j=0

i.e. when we multiply two vectors or we find it's dot product we need to only multiply the components of x coordinates with each other; y with each other and z with each other.

hence, v.w= (2i-8j- -2i+6j-5k)

                  = 2×(-2)+(-8)×(6)+(-8)×(-5)

                  = -4-48+40

                  = -12

hence, v.w= -12