Answer:
Yeah, D is the right anwser!
Step-by-step explanation:
I would be here for way to long to type up the explanation. And I don't have time to waste.
8. You would take 48 (white tiles) then divide it by 6 to get 8. (Grey tiles)
The first term, a, is 2. The common ratio, r, is 4. Thus,
a_(n+1) = 2(4)^(n).
Check: What's the first term? Let n=1. Then we get 2(4)^1, or 8. Is that correct? No.
Try this instead:
a_(n) = a_0*4^(n-1). Is this correct? Seeking the first term (n=1), does this formula produce 2? 2*4^0 = 2*1 = 2. YES.
The desired explicit formula is a_(n) = a_0*4^(n-1), where n begins at 1.
If you look carefully at the graph, you may see that the slope of the line is
3-4 -1
---------------- = ------ = m
7-4 3
thus, you have the slope of the line and two points on the line. Suppose we
choose the point (4,4) and subst. the known slope and the coordinates of this point into the point-slope formula for the eqn of a str line:
y-y1 = m (x-x1)
y-4 = (-1/3)(x-4)
This is the desired equation. You could, if you wished, change this into slope-intercept form.
