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Answer:
a) 
b) 
c) term number 17 is the one that gives a value of 40
Step-by-step explanation:
a)
The sequence seems to be arithmetic, and with common difference d = 3.
Notice that when you add 3 units to the first term (-80, you get :
-8 + 3 = -5
and then -5 + 3 = -2 which is the third term.
Then, we can use the general form for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence to find its simplified form:

That in our case would give:

b)
Therefore, the term number 20 can be calculated from it:

c) in order to find which term renders 20, we use the general form we found in step a):

so term number 17 is the one that renders a value of 40
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's say that the time it took him to get to work in the morning is t hours. Then the time it took him to get home in the afternoon must be 1 - t hours. We know that for any trip, distance equals rate times time or d = rt . That means that the distance he drove to work is given by , but we also know that the distance he drove to get home must be the same distance, because he took the same route (and, presumably, no one picked up him house and moved it while he was at work) so for the trip home we can say d = 30 × (1 - t) and since the distances are equal, we can say:
45t = 30 × (1 - t)
45t = 30 - 30t
45t + 30t = 30
75t = 30
t = 30/75
t = 2 /5 hour to drive to work at 45mph
Since , d = rt
d = 45 ×(2/5) = 18miles
Yes, that is correct because if you want to reduce it you divide 8 by 2 and 10 by 2 and you get 4/5