Your answer is a equation!
Answer:
56
Step-by-step explanation:
The frog's jump represent a geometric series.
The sum of finite geometric series can be solved using the equation:
Sn = ao ( (1-r^n)/(1-r) )
Plugging in the values,
S8 = 1 ( (1-2^8)/(1-2) )
S8 = 255
Therefore, after 8 hops, the frog will have traveled 255 inches
LHS ⇒ RHS:
Identities:
[1] cos(2A) = 2cos²(A) - 1 = 1 - 2sin²(A)
[2] sin(2A) = 2sin(A)cos(A)
[3] sin(A + B) = sin(A)cos(B) + cos(A)sin(B)
[4] cos(A + B) = cos(A)cos(B) - sin(A)sin(B)
cos(x) - cos(x + 2Θ)
= cos(x) - (cos(x)cos(2Θ) - sin(x)sin(2Θ)) [4]
= cos(x) - cos(x)(1 - 2sin²(Θ)) + sin(x)(2sin(Θ)cos(Θ)) [1] [2]
= cos(x) - cos(x) + 2sin²(Θ)cos(x) + 2sin(Θ)sin(x)cos(Θ)
= 2sin²(Θ)cos(x) + 2sin(Θ)sin(x)cos(Θ)
= 2sin(Θ)(sin(Θ)cos(x) + sin(x)cos(Θ))
= 2sin(Θ)sin(x + Θ)