WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST Explain what optimization and linear programming problems entail. How do you solve them? What are some of the ways these problems can be made easier? How are these problems beneficial? What types of jobs would use the reasoning involved in these kinds of problems?

trapezoid

step-by-step explanation:

first i plotted all my points on a grid graph

i made sure all of them were in the correct quadrant

then i saw it was a trapezoid or a quadrilateral

part a

x     y

0     8

1     7.5

2     7

3     6.5

4     6

5     5.5  

for every hour i deducted .5 inches from the length of the candle

part b

it is a function because for every x value there is only one y value

part   c

for every x value there is only one y value

x       y

0       8

1       7.6

2       7.2

3       6.8

step-by-step explanation:

68719476736

step-by-step explanation:

8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8=68719476736