Answer:
$13.67 - $11.50
So the raise over 7 years was $2.17
So to find the annual raise in the wage:
$2.17 / 7 = 0.31
His wage was raised <u>.31 every year</u>.
In a geometric sequence each number after the first is found by multiplying the previous number by a fixed number called the common ratio.
In an arithmetic sequence, each term is equal to the previous term plus or minus a constant called the common difference.
In your problem we have a sequence of numbers that appears to be decreasing in value, but on the surface it doesn't appear to be by any constant number... but if you look closely, the denominator 34 is exactly twice the other denominator 17. This would lead me to look at a common denominator to see if anything takes shape...
9/17 = 18/34
15/34
6/17 = 12/34
9/34
Now we see that each number is the previous number minus 3/34, so we have a common difference of 3/34.
This would match the definition of an arithmetic sequence and NOT a geometric sequence.
Answer:
let 'a' be the first term, 'd' be the common difference between all the terms of the sequence
Step-by-step explanation:
therefore, a = 3,
and, d = -9 -3
= -12
hence the 14th term would be,
=> a + 13d
=> 3 + 13( -12 )
=> 3 - 156
=> - 153
The compass will lose its magnetic properties
5 times 2/6 is 10/6
You can simplify that to 5/3
