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Answer:</h3>
- a_n = -3a_(n-1); a_1 = 2
- a_n = 2·(-3)^(n-1)
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Step-by-step explanation:</h3>
A) The problem statement tells you it is a geometric sequence, so you know each term is some multiple of the one before. The first terms of the sequence are given, so you know the first term. The common ratio (the multiplier of interest) is the ratio of the second term to the first (or any term to the one before), -6/2 = -3.
So, the recursive definition is ...
... a_1 = 2
... a_n = -3·a_(n-1)
B) The explicit formula is, in general, ...
... a_n = a_1 · r^(n -1)
where r is the common ratio and a_1 is the first term. Filling in the known values, this is ...
... a_n = 2·(-3)^(n-1)
Answer:
18 yds
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the length and width be L and W respectively.
Then L· W = area = 72 yd², so that L = (72 yd²) / W.
But also L = 3W + 6 yd. Subbing this into L· W = area = 72 yd², we get:
(3W + 6) · W = 72, or
3W² + 6W - 72 = 0. Since all four terms are evenly divisible by 3, we get:
W² + 2W - 24 = 0, which factors as follows:
(W + 6)(W - 4) = 0. Then W + 6 = 0, or W = -6 (makes no sense for a length), and W - 4 = 0 yields W = 4 yds.
If the shorter side is of length 4 yds, then the longer side is of length
L = 3(4 yds) + 6 yds = 18 yds
Answer: It is a quicker way to solve the problem.
Answer:
4
Step-by-step explanation:
6(6+x) = 5(5+x+3)
36+6x = 25+5x+15
6x-5x=40-36
x=4
Answer:
The slope of a horizontal line is zero
Step-by-step explanation:
All horizontal lines are parallel to the x-axis.
The x-axis has a zero slope.
All parallel lines have the same slope.
Therefore the slope of a horizontal line is zero.
This means there is no rise in y.
So rise over run will become:
0/run=0
