This is sometimes true I say this because if u substitute your answers that can be different or can be the same.
for ex. x=6 y=6; 6-3 and 6-3 will be the same but if x= 10 and y=15; 10-3 and 15-3 would give you different answers
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Recursive formula
a1 = -17
a^n = a^n-1 + 5
Explicit formula:
a^n = -17 + (n-1) * 5
Check the picture below, that's just an example of a parabola opening upwards.
so the cost equation C(b), which is a quadratic with a positive leading term's coefficient, has the graph of a parabola like the one in the picture, so the cost goes down and down and down, reaches the vertex or namely the minimum, and then goes back up.
bearing in mind that the quantity will be on the x-axis and the cost amount is over the y-axis, what are the coordinates of the vertex of this parabola? namely, at what cost for how many bats?

![\bf \left( -\cfrac{-7.2}{2(0.06)}~~,~~390-\cfrac{(-7.2)^2}{4(0.06)} \right)\implies (60~~,~~390-216) \\\\[-0.35em] \rule{34em}{0.25pt}\\\\ ~\hfill (\stackrel{\textit{number of bats}}{60}~~,~~\stackrel{\textit{total cost}}{174})~\hfill](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20%5Cleft%28%20-%5Ccfrac%7B-7.2%7D%7B2%280.06%29%7D~~%2C~~390-%5Ccfrac%7B%28-7.2%29%5E2%7D%7B4%280.06%29%7D%20%5Cright%29%5Cimplies%20%2860~~%2C~~390-216%29%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5B-0.35em%5D%20%5Crule%7B34em%7D%7B0.25pt%7D%5C%5C%5C%5C%20~%5Chfill%20%28%5Cstackrel%7B%5Ctextit%7Bnumber%20of%20bats%7D%7D%7B60%7D~~%2C~~%5Cstackrel%7B%5Ctextit%7Btotal%20cost%7D%7D%7B174%7D%29~%5Chfill)
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation: