Provide an appropriate response.Tom's teacher asks him to solve the following problem: "The product of two consecutive even numbers is 168. Find the numbers." Tom rewords the problem and translates to the following equation:
Why is this equation not correct and what would the correct equation be?
What will be an ideal response?
Consecutive even numbers differ by 2. If the smallest number is named x, then the other number is x + 2 not x + 1 and the equation is x(x + 2) = 168.
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A. 2x - 4x2 + 8x3 - . . .
B. 2x - 2x2 + 
x3 - . . .
C. 2x - 2x2 + 
x3 - . . .
D. 2x + 2x2 + 
x3 - . . .
Solve the problem. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.A car dealer advertised a big sale by stretching a string of banners from the top of the building to the edge of the driveway. If the building is 23 m high and the driveway is 50 m from the building, how long is the string of banners?
A. 32.5 m B. 44.4 m C. 55.0 m D. 8.5 m
Solve the problem.The formula for the up and down motion of a weight on a spring is given by 
If the spring constant is 5, then what mass m must be used in order to produce a period of 6 seconds?
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Perform the indicated operations and simplify.
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