Complete the square to solve 4x2 + 24x = 4.

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Answer 1

Answer:

x = - 3 ± [tex]\sqrt{10}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

4x² + 24x = 4 ( divide through by 4 )

x² + 6x = 1

To complete the square

add ( half the coefficient of the x- term )² to both sides

x² + 2(3)x + 9 = 1 + 9

(x + 3)² = 10 ( take the square root of both sides )

x + 3 = ± [tex]\sqrt{10}[/tex] ( subtract 3 from both sides )

x = - 3 ± [tex]\sqrt{10}[/tex]

Answer 2

Answer:

X=1/8

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculate the product 4x×2 + 24x = 4

Collect like terms 8x + 24x = 4

Divide both sides of the equation by "32" 32x = 4

Solution x = 1/8


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This is true sometimes and false sometimes, depending on the numbers.

Estimate 3 divided by 1788

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Answer:

Maybe the answer for ur question is 1/596 if the 3 divides the number if not then it's only 596

4[30-(10-2)x3] what is the answer?

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[tex]\huge\boxed{\mathsf{4[30-(10-2)\times3]}}[/tex]

[tex]\huge\boxed{\rightarrow\mathsf{4[30 - (\bold{8}}) \times3]}[/tex]

[tex]\huge\boxed{\rightarrow \mathsf{4[30 - \bf 24]}}[/tex]

[tex]\huge\boxed{\rightarrow \mathsf{4(30) + 4(-24)}}[/tex]

[tex]\huge\boxed{\rightarrow \mathsf{\bf 120 - 96}}}[/tex]

[tex]\huge\boxed{\rightarrow\mathsf{\bf 24}}[/tex]

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Answer:

24

Step-by-step explanation:

4[30 - (10 - 2)*3] = 4[30 - 8*3] =4[30 - 24] = 4*6 = 24

find the ratio between 6 cm and 1.5m​

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Answer:

6:150

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer:

1:25

Step-by-step explanation:

1.5m=150cm

6:150

1:25

when 1/3k + 1/4k = 1 what is the value of k

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Answer:

First of all take lcm u get

4 + 3 / 12k = 1

7 = 12k

k = 7/12

ques solved

Answer:

k = 7/12 or approximately 1.71

Step-by-step explanation:

We first need to convert both fractions denominators to their LCM (Lowest Common Multiple)

Multiples of 4: 4, 8, 12, 16

Multiples of 3: 3, 6, 9, 12

12 is the LCM

Then we convert both fractions to have a denominator of 12. Remember, whatever you do to the numerator must be done to the denominator.

1/3 x 4/4 = 4/12

1/4 x 3/3 = 3/12

The equation is now: 4/12k + 3/12k = 1

Add up both variables to get: 7/12k = 1

Divide both sides by 7/12: (12/7)7/12k = 1(12/7)

k = 12/7 or approximately 1.71

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Answer:

x=-1

Step-by-step explanation:

0.5 ( 5 - 7x ) = 8 - ( 4x + 6 )

- Distribute 0.5 by 5 and -7x

2.5 - 3.5x = 8 - ( 4x + 6 )

Second- Distribute the invisible one into 4x and 6

2.5 - 3.5x = 8 - 4x - 6

- Combine like terms: Subtract 6 from 8

2.5-3.5x= - 4x + 2

-Add 4x from both sides of the equation

2.5 + 0.5x = 2

-Subtract 2.5 from both sides of the equation

0.5x = 2- 2.5

0.5x = -0.5

-Then divide each side by 0.5x

0.5x  = -0.5

0.5      0.5

-Cancel the common factor of 0.5

x = - 0.5

      0.5

-Divide -0.5 by 0.5

X = -1

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (−3,−3) and (−5,−2)? Write your answer in simplest form.

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Answer:

[tex]\frac{1}{-2}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

To do this you would do a formula that is [tex]\frac{y_{2}-y_{1} }{x_{2}-x_{1} }[/tex]  so you would plug in the coordinates so you get [tex]\frac{-2-(-3)}{-5-(-3)}[/tex] which simplifies to [tex]\frac{1}{-2}[/tex] so the slope would be [tex]\frac{1}{-2}[/tex]

Solve for x.
X + 10
2x - 50

x = [?]

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Answer:

x +10 = 2x-50

x-2x = -50-10

-x. = -60

-x/-1 = -60/-1

x = 60°

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A pyramid has a square base that measures 10 feet on a side. The height of each face is five feet. What is the surface area of the pyramid?

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Answer:

[tex]\boxed{\sf 200 \ feet^2}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

The 3D shape is a square-based pyramid.

The surface area of a square-based pyramid is given as:

[tex]\sf SA=2 \times (base \ length) \times (slant \ height) + (base \ length)^2[/tex]

Plug in the values.

[tex]\sf SA=2 \times 10 \times 5 + 10^2[/tex]

[tex]\sf SA=100 + 100[/tex]

[tex]\sf SA=200[/tex]

Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (10,-19) and (12,-20).

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Answer:

slope = -1/2

Step-by-step explanation:

y2 - y1 / x2 - x1

-20 - (-19) / 12 - 10

-1/2

The answer is -1/2 for the slope

Beth is planning a playground and has decided to place the swings in such a way that they are the same distance from the jungle gym and the monkey bars. If Beth places the swings at point D, how could she prove that point D is equidistant from the jungle gym and monkey bars?

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Answer:

Following are the answer to this question:

Step-by-step explanation:

Some of the information is missing which is defined in the attached file, and the solution to this question can be defined as follows:    

When the point AC ≅ BC point is in the equal distance from point A and Point B then Point A is perpendicular and the bisector point is in equally distant from the endpoints of that intersects points.

please find the attachment of the full question:

Answer:

If segment AC ≅ segment BC, then point D is equidistant from points A and B because a point on a perpendicular bisector is equidistant from the endpoints of the segment it intersects.

Step-by-step explanation:

Evaluating an Expression
Evaluate
E OF
3(6-14)
-4.
-15
-6
-1
6

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Answer:

hope this help

Step-by-step explanation:

good luck

Answer:

6

Step-by-step explanation:

What are the equivalent expressions

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Answer:

a)=4x

b)= use common factor

=72y−32

=8(9y-4)

2. Describe two methods to determine whether ratios form a proportion.

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Answer:

1. Write both ratios as fractions and reduce them completely. If they are the same fraction, the ratios form a proportion.

2. Write both ratios as fractions. Do the cross products by multiplying the denominator of each fraction by the numerator of the other fraction. If the cross products are equal, the ratios form a proportion.

Explain why they substituted cos(60) with 1/2 ?

(Look at image)

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9514 1404 393

Answer:

  equals can be substituted anytime anywhere

Step-by-step explanation:

cos(60°) = 1/2, so wherever one appears, the other can be substituted. This is allowed by the substitution property of equality.

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If you don't substitute at some point, you find the answer to be ...

  x = 10/cos(60°)

Most of us are interested in a numerical value for x, so we prefer that cos(60°) be replaced by a numerical value.

Is there an association between favorite core subject and favorite elective? If so, describe it.

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Answer:

Yes

Step-by-step explanation:

Take note that a favorite core subject represents subjects that are widely recognized as important to the student's line of study, they include subjects like Maths, English, Science, and Engineering.

While Elective subjects are optional subjects that are deemed less important than the core, but by choosing one's favorite elective subject shows that individual places a certain level of importance that is almost that of the core subject.

Calculate JK if LJ = 14, JM = 48, and LM = 50

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Answer:

JK = 6.86

Step-by-step explanation:

The parameters given are;

LJ = 14

JM = 48

LM = 50

[tex]tan(\angle JML )= \dfrac{Opposite \ leg \ length}{Adjacent \ leg \ length} = \dfrac{LK}{JM} = \dfrac{14}{48} = \dfrac{7}{24}[/tex]

[tex]tan \left( \dfrac{7}{24} \right)= 16.26 ^{\circ }[/tex]

∠JML = 16.26°

Given that ∠JML is bisected by KM, we apply the angle bisector theorem which states that a ray that bisects an interior angle of a triangle bisects the opposite (bisected angle facing side) in the proportion of the ration of the other two sides of the triangle.

From the angle bisector theorem, we have;

LM/JM = LK/JK

50/48 = LK/JK................(1)

LK + KJ = 14.....................(2)

From equation (1), we have;

LK = 25/24×JK

25/24×KJ + JK = 14

JK×(25/24 + 1) = 14

JK × 49/24 = 14

JK = 14×24/49 = 48/7. = 6.86.

JK = 6.86

I don’t understand how to find the height

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Answer:

height, x is 235 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

From trigonometric ratios:

[tex] \cos( \theta) = \frac{adjacent}{hypotenuse} [/tex]

but:

[tex] \theta = 90 \degree - 36 \degree \\ \theta = 54 \degree[/tex]

adjacent is x

hypotenuse is 400 ft

[tex] \ \cos ( 54 \degree) = \frac{x}{400} \\ \\ x = 400 \ \cos (54 \degree) \\ x = 235 \: \: feet[/tex]

Answer:

[tex]235\ ft[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

In this problem, one is given two parallel lines and a few transversals that form a triangle between these parallel lines. The parallel lines, one from the parasailer, and one from the boat have an angle of depression between them. This means the angle of elevation from the boat to the parasailer is also (36) degrees. This is due to the alternate interior angles theorem, which states that when two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal, then the alternate interior angles are congruent.

The triangle formed in this situation is a right triangle, this is indicated by the box around one of the angles. Now that one has found another angle measure in this triangle, one can use right angle trigonometry. Right angle trigonometry is a series of ratios that describe the relationship between the sides and angles of a right triangle. These ratios are as follows:

[tex]sin(\theta)=\frac{opposite}{hypotenuse}\\\\cos(\theta)=\frac{adjacent}{hypotenuse}\\\\tan(\theta)=\frac{opposite}{adjacent}[/tex]

Please note that the names (opposite) and (adjacent) are subjective, and change relative to the angle one is looking at, however (hypotenuse) refers to the side opposite the right angle. This side doesn't change its name. In this situation, it would be most logical to use the ratio of sine, (sin), as one has the measure of the hypotenuse, and one is trying to find the measure of the side opposite the angle. Substitute the given information into the ratio of (sin) and solve to find the unknown:

[tex]sin(\theta)=\frac{opposite}{hypotenuse}[/tex]

[tex]sin(36)=\frac{x}{400}[/tex]

Inverse operations,

[tex]sin(36)=\frac{x}{400}[/tex]

[tex]400(sin(36))=x[/tex]

[tex]235.114=x[/tex]

Question 2(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points) (06.03 MC) Choose the correct simplification of the expression (5xy5)2(y3)4 A.25x2y22 B.10x2y22 C.25x3y14 D.10x3y14
Question 3(Multiple Choice Worth 1 points) (06.05 MC) Aurora is selling tickets to a carnival. The function f(x) = 0.5x represents the amount of money Aurora earns per ticket, where x is the number of tickets she sells. The function g(x) = 8x represents the number of tickets Aurora sells per hour, where x is the number of hours she works. Find f(g(x)), and explain what it represents.

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Answer:

Question 2;

A. 25·x²·y²²

Question 3;

f(g(x)) = 4·x, represents the amount Aurora earns per hour

Step-by-step explanation:

Question 2;

(5·x·y⁵)²(y³)⁴ = (25×x²×y¹⁰)×y¹²

(25×x²×y¹⁰)×y¹² = 25×x²×y¹⁰⁺¹² = 25×x²×y²²

Therefore, the correct option is A. 25·x²·y²²

Question 3;

The given functions are;

The function f(x) = 0.5·x is the earnings of Aurora per ticket sold

The function g(x) = 8·x is the number of tickets Aurora sells per hour

Therefore, we have;

f(g(x)) = 0.5 × g(x) = 0.5 × 8·x = 4·x

The value of the function of a function f(g(x)) = 4·x, represents the amount Aurora earns per hour.

-4 = BLANK - 9 what is BLANK

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Answer:

5

Step-by-step explanation:

Let be blank be a

-4=a-9

-4+9=a

9-4=a

a=5

Proof:

-4=a-9

-4=5-9

-4=-4

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The value of BLANK in the given expression is 5.

To solve the equation "-4 = BLANK - 9",

Isolate the variable on one side of the equation.

To do this, we can add 9 to both sides of the equation:

-4 + 9 = BLANK - 9 + 9

This simplifies to:

5 = BLANK

So the value of BLANK is 5.

To solve the equation "-4 = BLANK - 9",

We can add 9 to both sides of the equation to isolate the variable.

This gives us the solution of BLANK = 5.

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a piggy bank contains some dimes and nickels. there are 8 more dimes than nickels in the bank. there is a total of $1.40. how many of each ryoe of coin are in the bank?

please give me a simple answer.

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Answer:

4 nickels

12 dimes    

Step-by-step explanation:

Dimes are worth .1 each while nickels are .05 each.

We have 8 more dimes than nickels. Let d represent number of dimes and n for number of nickels. This means we have d=8+n.

If all our nickels and dimes together are worth 1.4 then we have another equation .1d+.05n=1.4

Lets put our equations together:

d=8+n

.1d+.05n=1.4

‐-----------------Plug first equation into second.

.1(8+n)+.05n=1.4

Distribute

.8+.1n+.05n=1.4

Combine like terms

.8+.15n=1.4

Subtract .8 on both sides

.15n=.6

Divide both sides by .15

n=.6/.15=4

Remember there are 8 more dimes so d=8+4=12.

If the range of the function f(x) =5x + 8 is 18, find its domain.​

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Step-by-step explanation:

f(X) = 5x+18= 18

so,

18 = 5x+18

18-18 = 5x

X= 0

so domain of the function is 0

When you roll two number cubes, what are the odds, in simplest form, in favor of getting two numbers less than 3? A. 1:8 B. 8:1 C. 1:9 D. 9:1

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Answer:

1:9 is my best guess because 9 is a factor of 3 and 1 would be the lowest ratio for a number less than 3 :)

Step-by-step explanation:

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Write the phrase as an expression. Then evaluate the expression when x = 5.
the sum of a number x and 4, all divided by 3
Expression:
When r= 5, the value of the expression is

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

expression = (x + 4) / 3

x = 5

(5 + 4) / 3

= 9/3

= 3

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If T is the midpoint of SU what are ST, TU, and SU?

a. ST = 7, TU = 63, and SU = 126


b. ST = 63, TU = 63, and SU = 126


c. ST = 80, TU = 80, and SU = 160


d. ST = 18, TU = 18, and SU = 36

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Answer:

B

Step-by-step explanation:

As T is the midpoint of SU, ST=TU. 9x=5x+28, 4x=28, x=7. ST=TU=63 and SU=126

Find a49 of the sequence 70,63,56,49,…. A. -63 B. -266 C. -273 D. -243

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Answer:

(B) -266

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula to find the nth term in a sequence is:

[tex]x_{n} = a + d(n-1)[/tex], where a is the first term and n is the "difference."

Looking at this equation, we can see that the number decreases by 7 each time and the first term is 70.

So:

[tex]x_n = 70 + -7(n-1)[/tex]

Solve for the equation:

[tex]x_n = 70 + -7n+7\\x_n = -7n+77[/tex]

Since we want to find the 49th term:

[tex]x_9 = -7(49) + 77\\x_9 = -343+77\\x_9 = -266[/tex]

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Which graph represents 3x2 + 3y2 – 48x + 60y + 384 = 0?

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[tex]3 {x}^{2} + 3 {y}^{2} - 48x + 60y + 384 = 0 \\ \\ (x - a) {}^{2} + (y - b) {}^{2} = {r}^{2} \\ is \: the \: circle \: equcation \\ with \: a \: radius \: r \: centered \\ at \: (a \: b) \\ \\ rewrite \: 3 {x}^{2} + 3 {y}^{2} - 48x + 60y + \\ 384 = 0 \: in \: the \: standard \: of \: \\ circle \: equation \\ (x - {8}^{2} ) + (y - ( - 10)) {}^{2} \\ \\ therefore \: the \: circle \: properties \\ \: are \: (a \: b) = (8 \: - 10) \: r = 6 \\ \\ answer \: is \: (8 \: - 10) \: r = 6[/tex]

Answer:

Answer is A!

Step-by-step explanation:

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If p(x)=5(x+1), what is the value of p(11)?​

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Answer:

60

Step-by-step explanation:

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Since p(x) turns into p(11) we put 11 in for x

p(11) = 5(11 + 1)

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p(11) = 5(12) = 60

The answer is 60

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Answer:

5(11^2+1)+16

5(121+1)+16

5(122)+16

610+16

p(11)=626

The answer is 626

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Answer:

Explained below.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is:

Please answer me these questions or one: v please. My math class room is 700 m2, how much is 1/4 of the room? How long is 3/4 of the room? . How many minutes is 3/5 of a half hour? . It takes 4/7 of a liter of paint to paint a square meter of wall, if we want to paint 2/5 of a square meter of wall, how much paint will we need? . If it takes 2/5 of an orange to make a glass of orange juice, how many oranges do you need to make 2 and a half glasses?

(1)

Compute 1/4th of the math class room as follows:

[tex]=700\times\frac{1}{4}\\=175[/tex]

Thus, 1/4th of the math class room is 175 m².

(2)

Compute 3/4th of the math class room as follows:

[tex]=700\times\frac{3}{4}\\=525[/tex]

Thus, 3/4th of the math class room is 525 m².

(3)

Compute 3/5th of half an hour as follows:

[tex]=30\times \frac{3}[5}\\=18[/tex]

Thus, 3/5th of half an hour is 18 minutes.

(4)

A square meter of wall required 4/7 liter of paint.

Then 2/5 of a square meter will require,

[tex]=\frac{4}{7}\times \frac{2}{5}\\\\=\frac{8}{35}[/tex]

Thus, 8/35 liter of paint will be used to pain /5 of a square meter of the wall.

(5)

1 glass of orange juice can be made using 2/5 of an orange.

Then 2 and half glass will require,

[tex]=\frac{2}{5}\times 2\frac{1}{2}\\\\=\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{5}{2}\\\\=1[/tex]

Thus, 1 orange will be required to make 2 and half glass of orange juice.

C/4+ 2=5 what it’s the value of c

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Answer:

c = 12

Step-by-step explanation:

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It was a rank wild growth, with many green leaves on it still, and made an impression of thorniness. The fruit was hard and green, but looked as if it would be palatable in the winter. Some was dangling on the twigs, but more half-buried in the wet leaves under the tree, or rolled far down the hill amid the rocks. The owner knows nothing of it. The day was not observed when it first blossomed, nor when it first bore fruit, unless by the chickadee. There was no dancing on the green beneath it in its honor, and now there is no hand to pluck its fruit,which is only gnawed by squirrels, as I perceive. It has done double duty,not only borne this crop, but each twig has grown a foot into the air. And this is such fruit! Bigger than many berries, we must admit, and carried home will be sound and palatable next spring. What care I for other apples so long as I can get these? 2 When I go by this shrub thus late and hardy, and see its dangling fruit, I respect the tree, and I am grateful for Natures bounty, even though I cannot eat it. Here on this rugged and woody hillside has grown an apple-tree, not planted by man, no relic of a former orchard, but a natural growth, like the pines and oaks. Most fruits which we prize and use depend entirely on our care. Corn and grain, potatoes, peaches, melons, etc., depend altogether on our planting; but the apple emulates mans independence and enterprise. It is not simply carried, as I have said, but, like him, to some extent, it has migrated to this New World, and is even, here and there, making its way amid the aboriginal trees; just as the ox and dog and horse sometimes run wild and maintain themselves. 3 Even the sourest and crabbedest apple, growing in the most unfavorable position, suggests such thoughts as these, it is so noble a fruit. Excerpt from "Wild Apples" by Henry David Thoreau. In the public domain. I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, 5The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutters song, the ploughboys on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, 10The day what belongs to the dayat night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, from Leaves of Grass. In the public domain. Question 1 Which sentence BEST states the authors point of view regarding people who are ambitious? A It was a rank wild growth, with many green leaves on it still, and made an impression of thorniness. B Some was dangling on the twigs, but more half-buried in the wet leaves under the tree, or rolled far down the hill amid the rocks. C Most fruits which we prize and use depend entirely on our care. D It is not simply carried, as I have said, but, like him, to some extent, it has migrated to this New World, and is even, here and there, making its way amid the aboriginal trees.