A brand of uncooked spaghetti comes in a box that is a rectangular prism with a length of 9 inches, a width of 2 inches, and a height of 1 1/2 inches. What is the surface area of the box?

Steps:

SA = 2(9×2) + 2(2×11/2) + 2(9×11/2)

SA = 2×18 + 2×22/2 + 2×99/2

SA = 36 + 22 + 99

SA = 157 in²

find the magnitude of the trig term  

csc

(

x

)

−

1

by taking the absolute value of the coefficient.

1

find the lower bound of the range.

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y

=

−

2

find the upper bound of the range.

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y

=

0

the range is  

y

≤

−

2

or  

y

≥

0

.

(

−

∞

,

−

2

]

∪

[

0

,

∞

)

{

y

|

y

≤

−

2

,

y

≥

0

}

step-by-step explanation:

x² + 3x + 7 = 0       [ax² + bx + c]

a = 1

b = 3

c = 7

quadratic formula:

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plug in the numbers into the variables

your answer is a