I'm stuck!!! Please help!!!!

You have two parents, four grandparents, eight greatgrandparents, and so forth.

Leviafan [203]

A.
In the first generation we have 2 ancestors.
In the second generation we have 4 ancestors or $2^{2}$ ancestors.
In the third generation we have 8 ancestors ot $2^{3}$ ancestors.

We can see that each succesive generation has two times more members. The sum is:
$2+4+8+16+...+ 2^{40}$

To calculate number of ancestors we can use formula for the sum of a geometric sequence. Geometric sequence is sequence of numbers that differ by a certain factor. This factor is called ratio. Formula is:
 $S= a_{1} * \frac{1- r^{n} }{1-r}$
Where:
S -> sum
a1 -> first member of a sequence
r -> ratio
n -> number of elements

For this question:
a1 = 2
r = 2
n = 40
 $S= 2* \frac{1- 2^{40} }{1-2} =2 199 023 255 550$

b.
1 generation = 25 years
40 generations = 40 * 25 = 1000 years

c.
Total number of people who have ever lived = $10^{10}$
Number of ancestors in 40 generations = $2.2*10^{12}$

The number of ancestors is greater than total number of people who have ever lived. This means that not all ancestors were distinct and that in each generation both men and women had children with more than one partner.

8 0

3 years ago

How much would $100 invested at 8% intrest compounded annually be worth after 15 years? round your answer to the nearest cent. d

frosja888 [35]

Our P = 100, r = .08, n = 1 (annually means once a year), and t = 15. Filling in accordingly, we have $A(t)=100(1+ \frac{.08}{1})^{(1)(15)}$ . Simplifying a bit gives us $A(t)=100(1+.08)^{15}$ and $A(t)=100(1.08)^{15}$ . Raising that number inside the parenthesis to the 15th power gives us $A(t)=100(3.172169114)$ . Multiplying to finish means that A(t) = $317.22

3 0

3 years ago

50 points!!! Please help ASAP!!!

Vika [28.1K]

Answer:

h (x)=-16x^(2)+3x+35 =

x-intercept(s): (3+√224932,0),(3−√2249 32,0)

y-intercept(s): (0,35)

3 0

2 years ago

Differentiate y=x⁴(1-2x⁵)⁶(5-8x³)².

Liula [17]

Step-by-step explanation:

Let $y(x)=f(x)g(x)h(x)$ where

$f(x) = x^4$

$g(x)= (1 -2x^5)^6$

$h(x)= (5 - 8x^3)^2$

so that

$y(x) = x^4(1 -2x^5)^6(5 - 8x^3)^2$

Recall that the derivative of the product of functions is

$y'(x)=f'(x)g(x)h(x)+f(x)g'(x)h(x)+f(x)g(x)h'(x)$

so taking the derivatives of the individual functions, we get

$f'(x) = 4x^3$

$g'(x) = 6(1 - 2x^5)^5(-10x^4)$

$h'(x) = 2(5 - 8x^3)(-24x^2)$

So the derivative of y(x) is given by

$y'(x) = 4x^3(1 -2x^5)^6(5 - 8x^3)^2 + x^4 6(1 -2x^5)^5(-10x^4)(5 - 8x^3)^2 + x^4(1 -2x^5)^6 2(5 - 8x^3)(-24x^2)$

or

$y'(x) = 4x^3(1 -2x^5)^6(5 - 8x^3)^2$

$\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:- 60x^8(1 -2x^5)^5(5 - 8x^3)^2$

$\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:- 48x^6(1 -2x^5)^6 2(5 - 8x^3)$

3 0

2 years ago

What is the sum of the arithmetic sequence 151, 137, 123,..if there are 26 terms?

ElenaW [278]

First term: a1 = 151
common difference: d = -14 (we decrease by 14 each time, eg, 151-14 = 137)

nth term of this arithmetic sequence is...
an = a1+d(n-1)
an = 151+(-14)(n-1)
an = 151-14n+14
an = -14n+165

This will be used in the formula below

Sn = n*(a1+an)/2
Sn = n*(151+(-14n+165))/2
S26 = 26*(151+(-14*26+165))/2 ... replace every n with 26
S26 = -624

The final answer here is choice C) -624

5 0

3 years ago