25 feet = 25 x 12 = 300 inches
First light is at 16 inches.
300 - 16 = 284 inches
Find the rest of the bulbs:
284 ÷ 4 = 71
Total number of lights = 71 + 1 = 72
Answer 72 lights
"color the piece according to your color chart." Do you have that? If you don't, I wouldn't worry, you still did all the work and got all the answers, so your teacher should be fine with it.
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Answer: 375</h3>
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Work Shown:
a = 300 = first term
r = 60/300 = 0.2 = common ratio
We multiply each term by 0.2, aka 1/5, to get the next term.
Since -1 < r < 1 is true, we can use the infinite geometric sum formula below
S = a/(1-r)
S = 300/(1-0.2)
S = 300/0.8
S = 375
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As a sort of "check", we can add up partial sums like so
- 300+60 = 360
- 300+60+12 = 360+12 = 372
- 300+60+12+2.4 = 372+2.4 = 374.4
- 300+60+12+2.4+0.48 = 374.4+0.48 = 374.88
and so on. The idea is that each time we add on a new term, we should be getting closer and closer to 375. I put "check" in quotation marks because it's probably not the rigorous of checks possible. But it may give a good idea of what's going on.
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Side note: If the common ratio r was either r < -1 or r > 1, then the terms we add on would get larger and larger. This would mean we don't approach a single finite value with the infinite sum.
Answer:
In order to have ran 33 miles, Bobby would have to attend <em>32 track practices.</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
Solving this problem entails of uncovering the amount of track practices Bobby must attend in order to have ran 33 miles. Start by reading the problem carefully to break down the information provided.
You can see that Bobby has already ran one mile on his own. This is important to remember for later. The problem also states that he expects to run one mile at every track practice.
Setting up an equation will help us solve. Here is how we could set up the equation:
(<em>amount of miles already ran</em> = 1) + (<em>number of track practices</em> = x) = (<em>total miles to run</em> = 33)
1 + x = 33
The equation is now in place. You can solve this, or isolate <em>'x',</em> by using the subtraction property of equality. This means we will subtract one from both sides of the equation, thus isolating the variable.
1 + x = 33
1 - 1 + x = 33 - 1
x = 32
The variable is the only term left on the left side of the equation. This means Bobby must attend track practice <em>32 times</em> in order to have ran 33 miles.
Answer:
b includes a in it this is a full sentense
