A square with area 4 is inscribed in a square with area 5, with one vertex of the smaller square on each side of the larger square. A vertex of the smaller square divides a side of the larger square into two segments, one of length a and the other of length b. What is the value of ab?

ab = 1/2.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sides of the large square have length √5 while the sides of the small one have sides of length 2.

Each corner has a right triangle with legs of length a and b and hypotenuse 2.

So we have the system

a + b = √5

a^2 + b^2 = 2^2 = 4

Using the identity   a^2 + b^2 =  (a + b)^2 - 2ab:

4 = (√5)^2 - 2ab

4 = 5 - 2ab

2ab = 5 - 4 = 1

ab = 1/2.

arithmetic sequence

step-by-step explanation:

given that a sequence has terms as

19, 15, 11,

this is represented on a graph

the pattern indicates that the sequence is an arithmetic sequence with i term

a=19 and common difference d =-4

any general term

thus the sequence is reduced by 4 for each successive term starting from 1 and nth term is

24-5n.

first negative term would start after 5th term

5th term =24-25< 0

from 5th term onwards the sequence would be negative.

probably .5

i can on others if necessary.