It would be 8 to the 8th power
A)If the order of the speakers is important, we have 20x19x18x17, or 116,280 different options.
b) If order is not important, then we have 20 choose 4, or 4845 different slates. ☺☺☺☺
Answer:
3/8
Step-by-step explanation:
three 1s out of 8 options.
3/8
The common difference is d = 4 because we add 4 to each term to get the next one.
The starting term is a1 = 3
The nth term of this arithmetic sequence is
an = a1 + d(n-1)
an = 3 + 4(n-1)
an = 3 + 4n-4
an = 4n - 1
Plug in n = 25 to find the 25th term
an = 4n - 1
a25 = 4*25 - 1
a25 = 100 - 1
a25 = 99
So we're summing the series : 3+7+11+15+...+99
We could write out all the terms and add them all up. That's a lot more work than needed though. Luckily we have a handy formula to make things a lot better
The sum of the first n terms is Sn. The formula for Sn is
Sn = n*(a1+an)/2
Plug in n = 25 to get
Sn = n*(a1+an)/2
S25 = 25*(a1+a25)/2
Then plug in a1 = 3 and a25 = 99. Then compute to simplify
S25 = 25*(a1+a25)/2
S25 = 25*(3+99)/2
S25 = 25*(102)/2
S25 = 2550/2
S25 = 1275
The final answer is 1275