Answer:
a) Find the common ratio of this sequence.
Answer: -0.82
b) Find the sum to infinity of this sequence.
Answer: 2.2
Step-by-step explanation:
nth term in geometric series is given by ![4\ th \ term = ar^n-1\\-2.196 = 4r^{4-1} \\-2.196/4 = r^{3} \\r = \sqrt[3]{0.549} \\r = 0.82](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=4%5C%20th%20%5C%20term%20%3D%20ar%5En-1%5C%5C-2.196%20%3D%204r%5E%7B4-1%7D%20%5C%5C-2.196%2F4%20%3D%20r%5E%7B3%7D%20%5C%5Cr%20%3D%20%5Csqrt%5B3%5D%7B0.549%7D%20%5C%5Cr%20%3D%200.82)
where
a is the first term
r is the common ratio and
n is the nth term
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given
a = 4
4th term = -2.196
let
common ratio of this sequence. be r
![4\ th \ term = ar^n-1\\-2.196 = 4r^{4-1} \\-2.196/4 = r^{3} \\r = \sqrt[3]{-0.549} \\r = -0.82](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=4%5C%20th%20%5C%20term%20%3D%20ar%5En-1%5C%5C-2.196%20%3D%204r%5E%7B4-1%7D%20%5C%5C-2.196%2F4%20%3D%20r%5E%7B3%7D%20%5C%5Cr%20%3D%20%5Csqrt%5B3%5D%7B-0.549%7D%20%5C%5Cr%20%3D%20-0.82)
a) Find the common ratio of this sequence.
answer: -0.82
sum of infinity of geometric sequence is given by = a/(1-r)
thus,
sum to infinity of this sequence = 4/(1-(-0.82) = 4/1.82 = 2.2
<span>So, they are looking for the percentage that is NOT explained...
Well, given the r we can find the percentage that IS explained by it first. That's given by r^2.
</span>Now - let's take the square of r it gives me .481636. That means that about 48% IS explained. Therefore, the part that cannot be explained
must be the missing part (out of 100% <span>so
100% - 48.1636% should be it :)
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<span>So 100% - 48.1636% = 0.518364 and we want to round that off to three decimal places which will give us 0.518... and then we could convert that to a percent for the final. So 0.518 as a percentage is 51.8%! s</span>
6; because they are an equal distance apart
Answer:
8.5 inches
Step-by-step explanation:
First let's find the time t when the depth of the snow is 7 inches.
To do this, we just need to use the value of D = 7 then find the value of t:
We want to find the depth of snow one hour from now, so we just need to use the value of t = 3 to calculate D:
The depth of snow one hour from now will be 8.5 inches.
