What's the answer and how did you do it? pl

So in this equation the height is modeled by f(x) and the distance by x, so we can plug 2 in for f(x) and try to solve for x. So we have 2=26+2x-x^2, which can be changed into x^2-2x-24=0. Now we see if it is possible to turn this into (x-a)(x-b) form because if it is then, a and b are the answers unless one is negative, then it is ignored. In this case it is possible, because (x-6)(x+4) = x^2-2x-24, so the answer is 6 because -4 is negative. To check this answer we plug 6 into the original equation to see if we get 2. so 26+2(6)-(6)^2 = 26+12-36 = 38-36 = 2. Because the answer is 2, the answer is correct. Hope this helps!

Hello!

the answer is:

the answer is:

why?

to solve the problem, we need to remember the quotient of power property, it's defined by the following relation:

if we have a quotienf of powers that have the same base, we need to keep the same base and subtract the exponent of the denominator power to the exponent of the numerator power.

so, we are given the expression:

then, calculating we have:

hence, the answer is:

have a nice day!