MAT221- Week 1 Assignments

The first thing I will be using will be my birthday, December 12, 1956, my integers will be as follows: a=12 b=1 c=56 I will then plug in12 for variable a,and negative -1 for vairable b 1 to the third and 12 to the third equal 1728-negtive one I will then raise the i ntegers to the given exponent which is three. 1728- (-1) Two negatives make a positive 1728 plus one Final answer 1729. I have again plugged in 12 for variable a and -1 for variable In the beginning the two negatives became a positive In the second the integers were squared and simplified: Adding two negatives became a positiveand  mutiplying a negative by a negative became a positive. Final answer 1729 (b-c) ---------- (2b-a) -1-56 ---------- 2(-1) - 12 -3-12 and reduce to the lowest term would be  57 ----- 14 All varibles was use in the expression 12 plugged in for a negative 1 for b The first part of the equation the two negative was subtract thus resulting in a positive number. The divsor was also solved likewise, because the numerator and denominator is negative then you will get positive. Final answer was reduced to its lowest term which is: 57 ----- 14 I assume the answers was not a coincidence I would say this is the way math works that they are set to come to the same answer when the variables are plugged.