The path of a diver diving off a 10-foot platform can be represented by the function h(x) = - 0.5(x^2 - 4x - 21) where h is the diver's height above water and x is the horizontal distance from the platform (in feet). What does the positive zero represent?

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.

i would be 2,000 just get the square root of 50 which is 2500 and the divid 4/5 and last thing multiply the answer you get for that by the square root of 50

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