When is the graph of f (x) = 2x2 – 5x – 3 negative?​

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  -1/2 < x < 3

Step-by-step explanation:

First you need to find the x-intercepts. Since the leading coefficient is positive, you know the graph is decreasing through the left x-intercept, so will be negative between the x-intercept values.

  f(x) = 2x^2 -5x -3

  f(x) = 2x^2 -6x +x -3

  f(x) = 2x(x -3) +1(x -3)

  f(x) = (2x +1)(x -3)

The x-intercepts are the values of x that make these factors zero:

  2x +1 = 0   ⇒   x = -1/2

  x -3 = 0   ⇒   x = 3

The graph of f(x) is negative on the interval ...

  -1/2 < x < 3

b. an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle

step-by-step explanation:

we are given the figure of two circles having a triangle inside.

now, we know that,

"when a figure is lying inside an another figure, then the outside figure is known as circumscribed figure and the figure lying inside is referred to as the inscribed figure".

as we see that, the circles are containing the triangle completely.

thus, the circles are the circumscribed figures and the triangle is the inscribed figure.

hence, we get, 'an equilateral triangle is inscribed in a circle'.

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