It's a simultaneous equation:
Steps:
1.Number the equations..
a+b=77 -1
a-b=13 -2
2. Choose what variable you want to use. In this case I would use the "b". Since the signs in front of the "b's" are different, add the two equations together
a + b = 77
+ + +
a (-b) = 13
Which gives;
2a = 90
Then solve to find a:
2a=90
a= 90/2
a=45
3.Then plug the "a" value into any of the original equations to find the "b" value. I would use equation 1 since the all the variables are positive.
a + b = 77
(45) + b = 77
b=77-45
b=32
4.Solution
a=45
b=32
The appropriate descriptors of geometric sequences are ...
... B) Geometric sequences have a common ratio between terms.
... D) Geometric sequences are restricted to the domain of natural numbers.
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The sequences may increase, decrease, or alternate between increasing and decreasing.
If the first term is zero, then all terms are zero—not a very interesting sequence. Since division by zero is undefined, the common ration of such a sequence would be undefined.
There are some sequences that have a common difference between particular pairs of terms. However, a sequence that has the same difference between all adjacent pairs of terms is called an <em>arithmetic sequence</em>, not a geometric sequence.
Any sequence has terms numbered by the counting numbers: term 1, term 2, term 3, and so on. Hence the domain is those natural numbers. The relation describing a geometric sequence is an exponential relation. It can be evaluated for values of the independent variable that are not natural numbers, but now we're talking exponential function, not geometric sequence.
I know this is not an answer but if your having trouble with this there is a website called Desmos all you do is type in the equation for the graph and it gives you the answer
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