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WINSTONCH [101]
3 years ago
7

Write the first four terms of the sequence defined by each of the following recursive formulas.

Mathematics
2 answers:
KiRa [710]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

<h2>First sequence: 3, 0, -3, -6</h2><h2>Second sequence: 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5</h2>

Step-by-step explanation:

\left\{\begin{array}{ccc}a_1=3\\a_n=a_{n-1}-3\end{array}\right\\\\\text{Put n = 2, n = 3 and n = 4 to the formula of}\ a_n:\\\\a_1=3\\a_2=a_{2-1}-3=a_1-3\to a_2=3-3=0\\a_3=a_2-1\to a_3=0-3=-3\\a_4=a_3-3\to a_4=-3-3=-6

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\left\{\begin{array}{ccc}a_1=2\\a_n=a_{n-1}+0.5\end{array}\right\\\\a_1=2\\a_2=a_{2-1}+0.5=a_1+0.5\to a_2=2+0.5=2.5\\a_3=a_2+0.5\to a_3=2.5+0.5=3\\a_4=a_3+0.5\to a_4=3+0.5=3.5

Dafna11 [192]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

First equation : 3, 0, -3, -6

Second equation : 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5

Step-by-step explanation:

What the first equation is basically saying is subtract 3 each time.

What the second equation is basically saying is add 0.5 each time.

Then we just add/subtract to find the first four terms.

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Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

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Step  2  :

Step  3  :

Pulling out like terms :

3.1     Pull out like factors :

  -5x2 - 4x - 4  =   -1 • (5x2 + 4x + 4)

Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

3.2     Factoring  5x2 + 4x + 4

The first term is,  5x2  its coefficient is  5 .

The middle term is,  +4x  its coefficient is  4 .

The last term, "the constant", is  +4

Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant   5 • 4 = 20

Step-2 : Find two factors of  20  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   4 .

Observation : No two such factors can be found !!

Conclusion : Trinomial can not be factored

Equation at the end of step  3  :

 -5x2 - 4x - 4  = 0

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Plugging into the parabola formula  -0.4000  for  x  we can calculate the  y -coordinate :

 y = -5.0 * -0.40 * -0.40 - 4.0 * -0.40 - 4.0

or   y = -3.200

Parabola, Graphing Vertex and X-Intercepts :

Root plot for :  y = -5x2-4x-4

Axis of Symmetry (dashed)  {x}={-0.40}

Vertex at  {x,y} = {-0.40,-3.20}

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Solve Quadratic Equation by Completing The Square

4.2     Solving   -5x2-4x-4 = 0 by Completing The Square .

Multiply both sides of the equation by  (-1)  to obtain positive coefficient for the first term:

5x2+4x+4 = 0  Divide both sides of the equation by  5  to have 1 as the coefficient of the first term :

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Subtract  4/5  from both side of the equation :

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Add  4/25  to both sides of the equation :

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 So adding to both sides we finally get :

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4.3     Solving    -5x2-4x-4 = 0 by the Quadratic Formula .

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