The answer choices are sufficiently far apart that you can work this backward. The sum will be ...
236,196*(1 + 1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 + ...)
so a reasonable estimate can be given by an infinite series with a common ratio of 1/3. That sum is
236,196*(1/(1 - 1/3)) = 236,196*(3/2)
Without doing any detailed calculation, you know the best answer choice is ...
354,292
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There are log(236196/4)/log(3) + 1 = 11 terms* in the series, so the sum will be found to be 4(3^11 -1)/(3-1) = 2*(3^11-1) = 354,292.
Using the above approach (working backward from the last term), the sum will be 236,196*(1-(1/3)^11)/(1-(1/3)) = 236,196*1.49999153246 = 354,292
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* If you just compute log(236196/4)/log(3) = 10 terms, then your sum comes out 118,096--a tempting choice. However, you must realize that the last term is larger than this, so this will not be the sum. (In fact, the sum is this value added to the last term.)
Answer:
48°
Step-by-step explanation:
We can solve this using our knowledge on tangents of an angle. Remember, tangents are the opposite leg divided by the leg adjacent to that angle.
This means the tangent of x° = 
. Now that we know the tangent ratio, we can find the angle with inverse trigonometric ratios. These kinds of ratios give us the opposite of the tangent - which would lead to the angle measure we're looking for. The equation would look like this:
Using a calculator, the answer would be:
Rounding this to the nearest degree would give us 48° as our answer! I hope this was clear enough.
Answer:
$400
Step-by-step explanation:
Dexter's earnings can be found using the proportion ...
earnings/sales = $8/$18 = ??/$900
Multiplying by $900, we find ...
?? = $900(8/18) = $400
Dexter's earned $400 on the sales for the month.
Answer:85
Step-by-step explanation:
12x+6y=24
12/6 24/6
2 4
2x=4
4/2=2
Therefore x=2
