How can you tell when a quadratic equation has two identical, rational solutions?

Aheated piece of metal cools according to the function c(x) = (.5)x ? 7, where x is measured in hours. a device is added that aids in cooling according to the function h(x) = ? x ? 2. what will be the temperature of the metal after two hours?

The graph shows the charges for a health club in a month. make a function table for the input-output values. writes an equation that can be used to find the total charge y for the number of x classes

Alistair has 5 half-pounds chocalate bars. it takes 1 1/2 pounds of chocalate,broken into chunks, to make a batch of cookies. how many batches can alistair mke with chocalate he has on his hand?