Given the function f(x) = –0.5|2x + 2| + 1, for what values of x is f(x) = 6? x = 6, x = –5 x = 5, x = –5 x = 7, x = –6 no solution

Step-by-step explanation:

This is our absolute function for which we are tasked with finding the values of x that make the whole thing equal 6:

-.5 | 2x + 2 | + 1 = 6. Subtracting 1 from both sides gives us

-.5 | 2x + 2 | = 5. Dividing both sides by -.5 gives us

| 2x + 2 | = -10.

Because absolute value is in fact a distance measure, and one of the 2 things in math that will NEVER be negative is distance, there is no solution to this equation.

there are lots of ways.   pick's theorem tells us if the vertices are lattice points the area a is

a = b/2 + i - 1

where b is the number of boundary lattice points and i is the number of interior lattice points.

in the figure i count b=16, i=50 so

a = 8 + 50 - 1 = 57

let's try the shoelace formula.   the area is half the sum of the cross products of the sides.  

a(-2,6)   -2(2)-6(-5) = 26

b(-5,2)   -5(-3) - 2(-2) = 19

c(-2,-3) -2(-3) - (-3)(4) = 18

d(4,-3)   4(3) - (-3)(5) = 27

e(5,3)   5(3) - 3(1) = 12

f(1,3)     1(6) - 3(-2) = 12

a(-2,6)

each of the cross products is twice the area of the triangle with the associated side and one vertex the origin. so the area of abo=26/2=13.

area = (1/2) (26 + 19 +   18 + 27 + 12 + 12) = 57

that checks!

the answer is b.

step-by-step explanation:

identity property is where 0+whatever number=whatever number. basically 0+ a number.