A circular crop field has an irrigation system in which a pipe, with one end attached to a tower at the center of the field, turns continuously to deliver water. The horizontal distance, in meters, from the tip of the pipe to the farmhouse is represented by y = Equals 400 sine (StartFraction pi Over 8 EndFraction x + pi) + 500, where x represents time in hours. What does the amplitude of this function represent?

A. the length of the pipe
B. the distance between the tower and the farmhouse
C. the time it takes for the pipe to complete one full circle
D. the difference between the maximum and minimum distances from the tip of the pipe to the farmhouse

It A: the length of the pipe

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equation

you are asked to write the equation

  expression = 0

using the given expression. when you do that, you have

  2x^2-2x-12 = 0

factoring

you can see that each of the coefficients is even, so a factor of 2 can be removed immediately.

  2(x^2 -x -6) = 0

if you multiply the binomials (x+a)(x+b), you get

  (x +a)(x +b) = x^2 +(a+b)x +ab

this tells you the coefficient of x is the sum of two factors of the constant term. here, that means -1 is the sum of two factors of -6. we want to know those factors so we can factor the trinomial.

  -6 = -1×6 = -2×3 = -3×2 = -6×1

the factor pair that sums to -1 is {-3, 2}, so our factorization is

  2(x -3)(x +2) = 0

solutions

the solutions to this equation are the values of x that make the product zero. a product is zero only when only of the factors of the product is zero. here, that means

  x - 3 = 0

  x = 3 . . . add 3 to both sides of the equation

or

  x +2 = 0

  x = -2 . . . add -2 to both sides of the equation

the solutions to the equation are x=3 or x=-2. both of these values of x satisfy the equation—they make it be true.

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