Algebra 2 (1st Edition)

Published by McDougal Littell
ISBN 10: 0618595414
ISBN 13: 978-0-61859-541-9

Chapter 1, Equations and Inequalities - 1.3 Solve Linear Equations - Graphing Calculator Activity - Practice - Page 25: 7a

Answer

The solution lies between the integers 5 and 6.

Work Step by Step

First, you need to get a graphic calculator and use the table feature to solve this equation. You will be given the choice to input multiple equations, either as $y_{1}$ and $y_{2}$ or $f(x)$ and $g(x)$. Input $4x+18$ as $y_{1}$ and $9x-9$ as $y_{2}$. Set the starting value as 0 and the step value to be 1, as asked in the question. The calculator will then display the table for both of the equations. You are looking for the 2 integer values of $x$ for which the answers for $y_{1}$ and $y_{2}$ are close or similar. In this case, as seen by the picture below, we can see that at the $x$ value 5 the answers for the 2 equations are 38 and 36, which is only a difference of 2, and the same can be said for the $x$ value 6, which outputs 42 and 45, which is only a difference of 3, which is very close together. All other values of $x$ output numbers for the equations with very large differences. This means that the solution must lie between 5 and 6.
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