Let f(x) = x2 − 2x − 3. The secant line through (2, f(2)) and (2 + h, f(2 + h)) for f(x) has slope h + 2. Use this formula to compute the following.

(a) The slope of the secant line through (2, f(2)) and (3, f(3))
(b) The slope of the tangent line at x = 2 (by taking a limit)

Every weekday, mr. jones bikes from his home to his job. sometimes he rides along two roads, the long route that is shown by the solid lines. other times, he takes the shortcut shown by the dashed line. how many fewer kilometers does mr. jones bike when he takes the shortcut instead of the long route?

Design an er diagram for keeping track of information about votes taken in the u.s. house of representatives during the current two-year congressional session. the database needs to keep track of each u.s. state's name (e.g., texas', new york', california') and include the region of the state (whose domain is {northeast', midwest', southeast', southwest', west'}). each congress person in the house of representatives is described by his or her name, plus the district represented, the start date when the congressperson was first elected, and the political party to which he or she belongs (whose domain is {republican', democrat', 'independent', other'}). the database keeps track of each bill (i.e., proposed law), including the bill name, the date of vote on the bill, whether the bill passed or failed (whose domain is {yes', no'}), and the sponsor (the congressperson(s) who sponsored - that is, proposed - the bill). the database also keeps track of how each congressperson voted on each bill (domain of vote attribute is {yes', no', abstain', absent'}). additional information:

Sanjay solved the equation below. which property did he use to determine that 7x+42=42 is equivalent to 7(x+6)=42 7x+42=42 7x=0 x=0