In the following sentence, what type of context clue is used to you figure out the meaning of the word meticulous? this weekend, instead of its usual messy state, my room was meticulous. synonym antonym definition inference

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The correct answer is B) Antonym

This weekend, Instead (Key words for Antonym) of its usual messy state, my room was meticulous.

The word Instead lets you know that the person's room is usually messy, but this weekend Instead of my room being in a messy state, it was meticulous.

Based on the Context Clue, Meticulous means Clean.

Antonym: A word opposite in meaning to another.

For Example: (Bad and Good)

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x = 7

step-by-step explanation:

equating the expression for area to the given area

2x² - 7x - 4 = 45 ( subtract 45 from both sides )

2x² - 7x - 49 = 0 ← in standard form

to factor consider the factors of the product of the coefficient of the x² term and the constant term which sum to give the coefficient of the x- term

product = 2 × - 49 = - 98 and sum = - 7

the factors are - 14 and + 7

use these factors to split the middle term

2x² - 14x + 7x - 49 = 0 ( factor the first/second and third/fourth terms )

2x(x - 7) + 7(x - 7) = 0 ← factor out (x - 7)

(x - 7)(2x + 7) = 0

equate each factor to zero and solve for x

x - 7 = 0 ⇒ x = 7

2x + 7 = 0 ⇒ 2x = - 7 ⇒ x = -

thus the positive value for x is x = 7