Answer:
x= 16
Step-by-step explanation:
First, you want to distribute each side! (you're gonna wanna learn this because you will be having to do it for the next 3 years no joke it sucks)
7(x+2) can be distributed as 7x+14 after multiplying 7 times x and 7 times 2, and 6(x+5) can be distributed as 6x+30.
Now, you have to get the x on one side to solve for x (so like x=__).
To do this, look at the equation as of now. 7x+14=6x+30.
We can minus 14 and bring that to the right, and minus 6x and bring that to the left to separate the x's and the regular numbers.
Now we have 16=x (or x=16).
Answers:
x = -8/5 or x = 8/5
Sum of the first ten terms where all terms are positive = 4092
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Explanation:
r = common ratio
- first term = 4
- second term = (first term)*(common ratio) = 4r
- third term = (second term)*(common ratio) = (4r)*r = 4r^2
The first three terms are: 4, 4r, 4r^2
We're given that the sequence is: 4, 5x, 16
Therefore, we have these two equations
Solve the second equation for r and you should find that r = -2 or r = 2 are the only possible solutions. If r = -2, then 5x = 4r solves to x = -8/5. If r = 2, then 5x = 4r solves to x = 8/5.
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To find the sum of the first n terms, we use this geometric series formula
Sn = a*(1 - r^n)/(1 - r)
We have
- a = 4 = first term
- r = 2, since we want all the terms to be positive
- n = 10 = number of terms to sum up
So,
Sn = a*(1 - r^n)/(1 - r)
S10 = 4*(1 - 2^10)/(1 - 2)
S10 = 4*(1 - 1024)/(-1)
S10 = 4*(-1023)/(-1)
S10 = 4092
Since the traversal intersects two parallel lines, the corresponding angles are congruent. Set both expressions equal to each other and you get x=6
The answer to your question is -18
