Sharon is paving a rectangular concrete driveway on the side of her house. The area of the driveway is 5x2 + 43x − 18, and the length of the driveway is x + 9. Additionally, Sharon plans to install a carport over a small portion of the driveway. The volume that the carport can enclose is 48x3 + 68x2 − 8x − 3, and the area of driveway beneath the carport is 8x2 + 10x − 3.

Determine the width of the entire driveway and height of the carport in terms of x. Replace the values of m and b to complete the expression that represents the width of the entire driveway on the first line, and then replace the values of m and b to complete the expression that represents the height of the carport on the second line.

Answers:
Width: 5x - 2
Height: 6x + 1

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Intersecting secant-tangent theorem states that if a tangent segment and a secant segment are drawn to a circle from an exterior point, then the square of the measure of the tangent segment is equal to the product of the measures of the secant segment and its external secant segment.so to break it down: 1. pq acts as the tangent and ps as the secant with an intersection at p.sr = 21rp = 3x + 3pq = 4x + 4following to equation: tangent squared = the two segments multiplied by each otherso (4x + 4) ^ 2 = (3x + 3) • (21) simplifies to 16x^2 - 31x - 47 = 0 or (16x - 47)(x + 1) x = -1 or x = 47/162. pq acts as the tangent and ps as the secant with an intersection at p (again! )sr = 16rp = xpq = 15(15) ^ 2 = 16 • x225 = 16xx = 225/163. the interesting chords are proportional to each other so a ratio is possible to set up: ap dp 10 3 + x = = —— = pc pb 8 xcross multiple to get 10x = (3 + x)(8)x = 12