Blue Box: 6.03
Orange Box: -3
Answer:
see below (I hope this helps!)
Step-by-step explanation:
The x seems to represent the number of months that Leslie has joined the gym for. When x = 0 (basically when she hasn't started using her membership), she pays 55(0) + 50 = $50 so we know that the 50 represents the one-time fee. The only thing missing is the monthly fee and since we haven't defined what the 55 means, we can conclude that the 55 represents the monthly fee. This makes sense because 55x is simply 55 times x, and since x is the number of months, 55 times that would be how much Leslie pays per month, otherwise known as the monthly fee.
Hello from MrBillDoesMath!
Answer:
a^6 + 4 a^5 + 5 a^4 - 5 a^2 - 4 a - 1
Discussion:
You may need to clean things up a bit but suppose that
S(1) = a-1
S(2) = a^2 -1
Since this is a geometric series, the geometric ratio is given by
S(2)/ S(1) = (a^2 -1)/ (a-1)
= (a+1)(a-1)/ (a-1)
= a+1
Conclusion:
S(2) = (a+1) S(1) = (a+1) (a-1)
S(3) = (a+1) S(2) = (a+1) (a+1) (a-1) = (a+1)^ (3-1) (a-1)
S(4) = (a+1) S(3) = (a+1) * (a+1)^2 (a-1) ) = (a+1)^(4-1) (a-1)
in general.....
S(n) = (a+1)^ (n-1) (a-1)
So
S(6) = (a+1)^ (6-1) (a-1)
= (a-1) (a+1) ^ 5
= a^6 + 4 a^5 + 5 a^4 - 5 a^2 - 4 a - 1
Hope I didn't screw something here!
Thank you,
MrB
To find the area of a square, do base times height.
If it is a square then all the sides are equal. Take 12 and divide it by 4 to find out that each side is 4 feet.
Base-4
Height-4
(4)(4)=16
