The solution depends on the value of

. To make things simple, assume

. The homogeneous part of the equation is

and has characteristic equation

which admits the characteristic solution

.
For the solution to the nonhomogeneous equation, a reasonable guess for the particular solution might be

. Then

So you have


This means


and so the general solution would be
Answer:
A
Step-by-step explanation:

is


, multiple by the reciprocal of the second fraction to get the answer.
For 1 play, the chance of gaining $8 is 4/38, while the chance of losing the $1 is 34/38. Therefore, the expected value is ($8)(4/38) + ($-1)(34/38) = $(-1/19). Over 50 plays, which are mutually independent of each other, we multiply the number of plays by the expected value to get $(-50/19) = $-2.63.
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So you can say that the weight of a koala here can be x.
So x * 1/8 = 2
2 being the chinchilla's weight and the 1/8 coming from the fact that the chinchilla weighs 1/8 of the weight of the koala.
So you can just divide both sides by 1/8 first.
x * 1/8 = 2
/ 1/8 / 1/8
Or,
x *1/8 * 8/1 = 2 * 8/1
x = 16
So the koala weighs 16 pounds.