The provided equation is not an identity
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the first term is a and common difference is d.
<u>The nth term is:</u>
<u>We have:</u>
<u>The difference of these terms is:</u>
- (a + 8d) - (a + 5d) = 16 - 15
- 3d = 1
- d = 1/3
<u>Then the first term is:</u>
- a + 5*1/3 = 15
- a = 15 - 5/3 = 13 1/3
<u>The nth term equation is:</u>
- aₙ = 13 1/3 + 1/3(n - 1) = 1/3n + 13
<u>If the nth term is 22, find n:</u>
- 1/3n + 13 = 22
- 1/3n = 22 - 13
- 1/3n = 9
- n = 9*3
- n = 27
-3.509 is greater because -3.509 is closer to 0 than -5.2.
Hope this helps!
The initial investment = $250
<span>annual simple interest rate of 3% = 0.03
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Let the number of years = n
the annual increase = 0.03 * 250
At the beginning of year 1 ⇒ n = 1 ⇒⇒⇒ A(1) = 250 + 0 * 250 * 0.03 = 250
At the beginning of year 2 ⇒ n = 2 ⇒⇒⇒ A(2) = 250 + 1 * 250 * 0.03
At the beginning of year 3 ⇒ n = 3 ⇒⇒⇒ A(2) = 250 + 2 * 250 * 0.03
and so on .......
∴ <span>The formula that can be used to find the account’s balance at the beginning of year n is:
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A(n) = 250 + (n-1)(0.03 • 250)
<span>At the beginning of year 14 ⇒ n = 14 ⇒ substitute with n at A(n)</span>
∴ A(14) = 250 + (14-1)(0.03*250) = 347.5
So, the correct option is <span>D.A(n) = 250 + (n – 1)(0.03 • 250); $347.50
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