51% = 50%
1/2 * 62 or 62 ÷ 2 = 31
Answer: 31
$21.50 - $4 = $17.50 If you start with $21.50, subtract the $4 entrance fee, you have $17.50 left to spend on rides. To figure out how many rides you can go on, divide $17.50 by $2.50. You can go on 7 rides. Here's the equation:
(21.5-4)/2.5=amount of rides
(21.5-4)/2.5= 7 rides
Standard form would be 1.46e-6 because the variable has one degree and the number 6 does not have a degree.
A) The first step needs 100 bricks, the second needs 98, the third needs 96, and so on. Therefore the number of bricks for the nth step is: a_n = a_1 + d(n-1), where a_1 = 100 (the first term), d = -2 (difference).
a_n = 100 - 2(n-1) = 102 - 2n, and for the 30th step, a_30 = 102 - 2*30 = 42. So the top step will need 42 bricks.
b) The total staircase will need: 100 + 98 + 96 + ... + 44 + 42, and there are n = 30 terms. Using the formula for the sum of an arithmetic sequence:
S = (a_1 + a_n)*n/2 = (100 + 42)*30/2 = 2130
Therefore, 2130 bricks are required to build the entire staircase.
