3. Tom's entered a snowman building contest in which the person who builds the tallest snowman wins. Currently, the record is 13.4 feet high. If Tom's snowman is currently 9 feet
high, how many more feet does he need to build on, in order to win the competition

tom's snowman has to increase by anything greater than 4.4 ft

4.5 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

9+4.5=13.5

13.5>13.4

there are many solutions.

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: simplify both sides of the equation.

4x+6=4x^2+10x−4

step 2: subtract 4x^2+10x-4 from both sides.

4x+6−(4x^2+10x−4)=4x^2+10x−4−(4x^2+10x−4)

−4x^2−6x+10=0

step 3: factor left side of equation.

−2(2x+5)(x−1)=0

step 4: set factors equal to 0.

x=-5/2 or x=1

rounding to the nearest thousandth would be 452,000