What is the 10th term in this geometric sequence?2,4, 8,16,.....
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You can go through the effort of determining the zero of the function analytically and evaluating an analytic expression for the derivative at that point, or you can let a graphing calculator do that heavy lifting. Since the numbers have to be "nice" for your equation to have the desired form, it is easy to know what to round to in the event that is necessary (it isn't).
We find the positive zero-crossing at x=2, and the slope of the curve at that point to be 8. Thus the line will have slope -1/8 and can be written as
.. x +8y -2 = 0
We find the positive zero-crossing at x=2, and the slope of the curve at that point to be 8. Thus the line will have slope -1/8 and can be written as
.. x +8y -2 = 0
1. Let a and b be coefficients such that
Combining the fractions on the right gives
so that
2. a. The given ODE is separable as
Using the result of part (1), integrating both sides gives
Given that y = 1 when x = 1, we find
so the particular solution to the ODE is
We can solve this explicitly for y :
2. b. When x = 9, we get