Mark and his friends order two pizzas of the same size .•The first pizza is cut into 6 slices of equal size .•The second pizza is cut into 4 slices of equal size. Each person plans to take 2 slices of pizza. Mark concludes that he would get more pizza by taking 1 slice from each pizza, instead of 2 slices from the first pizza. Explain why Mark is correct. Be sure to include a number comparison by using > or < in you explanation.

Mark is correct because taking a slice from each pizza would be 3/6 or 1/2 of the pizza but taking two slices of the first pizza, Mark wouldn't get as much because that is the same as 2/6 or 1/3 of the pizza. 1/2 > 1/3 therefore Marks conclusion is correct.

1. when "a" is a root of a polynomial, (x -a) is a factor of it. for the three roots given, the factors of the desired polynomial are (x +2)(x -1/2)(x -3).

in order to make the leading coefficient be negative, we need to multiply this product by a negative number. any negative number will do, but we choose a small (magnitude) value that will eliminate the fraction: -2.

then

f(x) = -2(x +2)(x -1/2)(x -3) = -(x +2)(2x -1)(x -3)

= -(2x² +3x -2)(x -3)

= -(2x³ -3x² -11x +6)

f(x) = -2x³ +3x² +11x -6

2. a graph created by the desmos on-line graphing calculator is shown, and the zeros are highlighted.

3. as indicated in part 1, the multiplier of this equation can be anything and the zeros will remain the same. you want a negative leading coefficient, so the "anything" is restricted to any of the infinite number of numbers that will make that be the case.

the answer to your question is minor arc.