PLEASE HELP! Marcia and her father are on a seesaw at a park. Since her father is heavier, he can only balance the seesaw if he sits closer to the pivot of the seesaw than Marcia does. When the seesaw is balanced, Marcia is twice as far from the pivot as her father. Explain why that is so, using the conservation of energy.

the correct answer should be false

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answer-

the statement that f(x) = |x+a| + b has exactly one x-intercept is sometimes correct.

solution-

it solely depends on b, whether the function will have one or two or zero x intercept.

this plot of the given function, f(x) = |x+a| + b will be the basic absolute value graph i.e v shape, with vertex translated to (-a, b), instead of origin.

1-   if b is zero, the graph will have exactly one x-intercept, at x= -a

2- if b is positive, the whole graph will be above the x-axis, hence it will have no x-intercepts.

3- if b is negative, the graph will be below the x-axis, hence it will have two x-intercepts.

∴ the statement is sometimes true.