According to the rational root theorem, which of the following are possible roots of the polynomial function below? f(x) = 8x2-3x2 + 5x + 15

5, -1/4, -3, and 5/2

Step-by-step explanation:

All you need to do is look at leading term and constant term.  The possible rational zeros are the factors of 15 over (fraction bar) factors of 8.

So the factors of 15:

-1,1,-3,3,-5,5,-15,15

The factors of 8:

-1,1,-2,2,-4,4,-8,8

So the possible rational zeros I'm just going to put the factors of 15 over the factors of 8 like so:

-1/-1=1

-1/1=-1

-1/-2=1/2

-1/2=-1/2

-1/-4=1/4

-1/4=-1/4

-1/-8=1/8

-1/8=-1/8

Now I'm going to go to 1 and put it all over the factors of 8.

Anyways I can see some of your choices there 5/1=5 , I already listed the -1/4 above, -3/1=-3, and 5/2.

If you are still confused what I did all I'm doing is putting the first list of factors I made over (fraction bar) the second list of numbers I made.

something that characterises a right triangle is the fact that we may use pythagoras' theorem to find any one of its sides given that we have the length of the other two sides. here, we have the length of the hypotenuse, √(87) yd, and one other side, √(23) yd, thus we can easily find the length of the remaining side using pythagoras' theorem as defined below:

c^2 = a^2 + b^2, where c is the length of the hypotenuse, and a and b are the lengths of the other two sides.

thus, given that c = √(87) and a = √(23), we may substitute these into the formula we defined above to get:

c^2 = a^2 + b^2

(√87)^2 = (√23)^2 + b^2 (substitute c = √87 and a = √23 into the equation)

87 = 23 + b^2 (evaluate (√87)^2 = 87 and (√23)^2 = 23 - remember that the square root of a number, squared will equal that very same number)

64 = b^2 (subtract 23 from both sides)

√64 = b (take the square root of both sides)

8 = b (evaluate √64 = 8)

therefor, the length of the unknown leg in the right triangle is 8 yd (first answer).

step-by-step explanation:

descending order means to order the polynomials from the term with the largest exponent to the term with the smallest exponent.  

therefore, the correct answer is d.