A leisure aircraft is owned by the Broadland Flying Group which has 10 members. The costs of keeping the aircraft comprise maintenance costs (including insurance) and the running cost which is mainly fuel. Average fuel consumption is 9 miles per gallon. If the 10 members of the Group are to share costs equally, write down a formula to enable Gordon the treasurer to calculate the annual cost for each member if the aircraft travels n miles in a year, incurs maintenance costs of £M and fuel costs £3 a gallon.

£(M + n/3) / 10

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that :

Number of members = 10

Fuel consumption = 9 miles per gallon

Consumption for n miles = n/9 GALLONS

Cost of fuel = n/ 9 * £3 = 3n / 9 = £n / 3

Maintainace cost = £M

Annual cost per member :

£(M + n/3) / 10

the correct option is:

b. a value of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to zero.

the root or roots of a polynomial are the values of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to 0. we can find the roots of a polynomial making the expression equal to 0 and then, isolating the variable (it it has just one variable).

for example, given the following polynomial:

the root or zero of the polynomial, can be found by making the expression equal to 0, and then, isolating the variable, so, finding the root we have:

therefore, we have that the root of the polynomial is equal to 2.

we must remember that the number of roots that a polynomial can have, will depend on the degree of the polynomial, a first degree polynomial have will have one single root, a second degree polynomial (quadratic expression) may have two roots and so.

hence the correct option is:

b. a value of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to zero.

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