Write the recurring decimal 0.25 as a fraction. [0.25Means 0.2555...]

Find the formula an for the nth term of the geometric sequence satisfying the following conditions: a1 = -2,

Alexeev081 [22]

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

a1 = - 2

an = a1 * r^(n - 1)

a6 = -486

-486 = - 2 * r^(6-1) Divide by 2

243 = r^5

The largest value that r could be is 3.

4^5 = 1024

(243)^(1/5) = 3

So the general formula

an = -2*(3)^(n - 1)

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2 years ago

3. Find the value of m for which the equation mx + 14 = 12 + 2 has one repeated root.

umka2103 [35]

Using the discriminant of a quadratic equation, it is found that the quadratic equation would have one repeated solution for m = -3.

<h3>What is the quadratic equation?</h3>

The quadratic equation is given as follows:

mx² + 12x - 12.

<h3>What is the discriminant of a quadratic equation and how does it influence the solutions?</h3>

A quadratic equation is modeled by:

$y = ax^2 + bx + c$

The discriminant is:

$\Delta = b^2 - 4ac$

The solutions are as follows:

If $\mathbf{\Delta > 0}$ , it has 2 real solutions.

If $\mathbf{\Delta = 0}$ , it has 1 real solutions.

If $\mathbf{\Delta < 0}$ , it has 2 complex solutions.

For this problem, the coefficients are:

a = m, b = 12, c = -12.

Hence the discriminant is:

b² - 4ac = 144 + 48m.

We want it to be of 0, hence:

144 + 48m = 0

m = -144/48

m = -3.

More can be learned about the discriminant of a quadratic equation at brainly.com/question/19776811

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2 years ago

1. Which expressions are equivalent to -3(x - y)? Select all that apply. A. -3x + 3y B. -3x - 3y C. -3x - y D. -3x + -3y E. 3y -

Inessa [10]

Answer:

A and E

Step-by-step explanation:

-3(x - y) = -3x + 3y = 3y - 3x

A. E

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2 years ago

Fill in the blank to this mathematics question

lorasvet [3.4K]

Answer:

x = 24 makes the original equation true

Step-by-step explanation:

2 < x ≤ 24

2 < x signifies x cannot be equal to 2

x≤24 signifies x can be equal to 24.

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3 years ago

The price of the box of 15 stickers is $6. The price of the box of 25 stickers is $8. All prices are without tax, and the price

spayn [35]

Answer:

A box of 50 stickers would cost $13

Explanation:

1- getting the equation representing the price:

We have two variables; the number of stickers and the price of the box

We can note that the price is the dependent variable (y) while the number of stickers is the independent one (x)

We are given that:

A box of 15 stickers cost $6..........> first point is (15,6)

A box of 25 stickers cost $8 ........> second point is (25,8)

The general equation of the linear line is:

y = mx + c

where m is the slope and c is the y-intercept

i. getting the slope:

$m=\frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1}}=\frac{8-6}{25-15}=0.2$

The equation now became: y = 0.2x + c

ii. getting the y-intercept:

To get the y-intercept, use any of the given points and substitute in the equation we got in part i. I will use the point (15,6)

y = 0.2x + c

6 = 0.2(15) + c

c = 6 - 0.2(15) = 3

The final equation is:

y = 0.2x + 3

where y is the price of the box and x is the number of stickers it contains

2- getting the price of a box with 50 stickers:

To get the price of a box of 50 stickers, simply substitute with x = 50 in the equation we got from part 1

This is done as follows:

y = 0.2(50) + 3 = 13

Therefore, a box of 50 stickers will cost $13

Hope this helps :)

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4 years ago