Aaron creates a stacked cake comprised of three cylindrical sections as pictured below, and plans to cover the top of each section with a different color icing. Each lower section is a total of two inches wider than the section above it. If the yellow top of the upper section has an area of 12.56 square inches, what is the approximate area of the green visible portion of the bottom section which he will need to cover with icing?

Step-by-step explanation:

A = πR²

top layer has a radius of

R = √(12.56/π) = 2 inches

The middle layer has a radius of 3 inches and an area of

A₂ = π3² = 9π in²

The bottom layer has a radius of 4 inches and an area of

A₃ = π4² = 16π in²

so the visible area on the bottom layer has an area of

16π - 9π = 7π in² or about 22 in²

step-by-step explanation:

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.

your answer is the last one

step-by-step explanation:

divide the length of a'c' by the length of ac to get a scale factor of two

& then reflect vertically (over the y-axis)

so your answer is dilation by a scale factor of 2 followed by reflection over the y-axis