A car is traveling on a highway. The distance (in miles) from its destination and the time (in hours) is given by the equation d = 420 minus 65 t. What is the practical meaning of the d-intercept? a. Initially the car is 355 miles from its destination. b. Initially the car is 420 miles from its destination. c. Initially the car is 65 miles from its destination. d. Initially the car is 485 miles from its destination.

the correct answer is b. Initially the car is 420 miles from its destination.

Step-by-step explanation:

x = central angle apc = measure of minor arc ac

the two angles x and 30 add to 180, so x+30 = 180 and x = 180-30 = 150. the measure of minor arc ac is 150 degrees.

what we need to do from here is find the circumference and then multiply it by x/360 since there are 360 degrees in a circle. in this case, x = 150, so x/360 = 150/360 = 15/36 = 5/12. the shortest distance along the curve from a to c is 5/12 of the distance around the entire circle (aka circumference)

c = circumference

c = pi*d

c = pi*24

c = 24pi

now multiply this by 5/12 to get

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(circumference)

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(24pi)

distance along minor arc ac = 10pi

the formula you can use is

l = (x/360)*pi*d

with

l = length of minor arc

x = central angle

d = diameter

which essentially is the steps we took though a bit differently.

225x²+4=0

225x²=0-4

225x²=-4

x²=-4/225

x=±√-4/225