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Rock Star Stats – death by numbers!

October29

“When you gonna wake up?” might well resound in our musical ears. Bob Dylan’s haunting lyrics apply to some astonishing statistics that analyze the deaths of pop stars and then compares these stats. with the general population. Pop stars tour the world, party whenever they want and live truly lavish lifestyles but their habits often […]

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NCEA Level 2 Algebra Problem. Using the information given, the shaded area = 9, that is:
y(y-8) = 9 –> y.y – 8y – 9 =0
–> (y-9)(y+1) = 0, therefore y = 9 (can’t have a distance of – 1 for the other solution for y)
Using the top and bottom of the rectangle,
x = (y-8)(y+2) = (9-8)(9+2) = 11
but, the left side = (x-4) = 11-4 = 7, but rhs = y+? = 9+?, which is greater than the value of the opp. side??
[I think that the left had side was a mistake and should have read (x+4)?]