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Find b such that the line y = b divides the region bounded by the graphs of the two equations into two regions of equal area. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) y = 9 - x², y = 0.

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The supplied details erroneously describe a linear equation rather than the quadratic equation needed to answer the original question. The actual task is to find the value of b for the horizontal line y = b that equally partitions the area under the parabola y = 9 - x² and above the x-axis.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question appears to be incorrectly presenting the equations involved in the problem. The reference information provided repeatedly indicates that the line equation is y = 9 + 3x, which is a linear equation with a y-intercept of 9 and a slope of 3. This does not align with the original question, which asks about a horizontal line y = b and the division of an area bounded by y = 9 - x², a parabolic function, and y = 0, which is the x-axis. To find the value of b that divides the region into two equal areas, we would need to determine the area under the parabola from y = 0 to the y = b line and use integration or geometric methods to find the b value that makes that area equal to half of the total area under the parabola from y = 0 to its vertex.

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