Consecutive terms in an arithmetic sequence differ by a constant
. So
Denote the
-th term in the sequence by
. Now that
, we have
which means
You need to distribute the 3, so your answer would be 6b-3
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
1/6
Step-by-step explanation:
To complete the square, take half of the second coefficient, square it, then add the result to both sides.
(-8/2)² = (-4)² = 16
x² − 8x + 16 = 9 + 16
Solving:
(x − 4)² = 25
x − 4 = ±5
x = 4 ± 5
x = -1 or 9
Answer: (x-5)/(x+1) and x cannot equal -1 because the denominator can't be zero.
Step-by-step explanation:
Factor the numerator:
(x+9)(x-5)
Factor the denominator:
(x+1)(x+9)
So you have
(x+9)(x-5)/(x+1)(x+9); see that you can cross out the (x+9) in both the numerator and denominator?
You're left with (x-5)/(x+1)
The only number that is restricted is -1, because that would make the denominator zero, which is a no no!!
