FIRST FIND THE THE FIRST AND SECOND DIFFERENCES ON THE GIVEN SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU ARE GIVEN THIS SEQUENCE 2,4,6,8............AND YOU ARE ASKED TO FIND THE GENERAL FORMULA.... STEP 1:FIND THE FIRST DIFFERENCE BY SUBTRACTING THE FIRST TERM FROM THE SECOND TERM,AND THE SECOND FROM THE THIRD AND SO ON. STEP 2:FIND THE SECOND DIFFERENCE BY APPLYING STEP 1 TO THE ANSWERS OBTAINED.EG 4-2=2,6-4=2,8-6=2 THEREFORE THE SECOND DIFFERENCE WILL BE 2-2=0,2-2=0 STEP 3:DIVIDE THE SECOND DIFFERENCE BY 2 TO GET THE VALUE OF (A). STEP 4:WRITE 3a-b=the first term of the first term of the first difference which is the difference between 4 and 2.and solve for the value of b.3(0)-b=2 therefore b=-2 STEP 5:FIND THE VALUE OF c BY term 1=a=b=c
Answer: The numbers are 14, 16 and 18.
Step-by-step explanation: First thing to note is that consecutive even numbers have a difference of 2 units between every two terms. That is, if the first number is a, the next would be a + 2, and the next would be a + 4, and so on.
Therefore the three consecutive even numbers shall be a, a + 2, and a + 4.
Our equation now becomes;
a + a + 2 + a + 4 = 48
3a + 6 = 48
Subtract 6 from both sides of the equation
3a = 42
Divide both sides of the equation by 3
a = 14
Therefore, the numbers are 14, 16 and 18.
Steps:
6 1/4 - 4 3/15 can also be written as 25/4 - 23/5
The LCD of 4 and 5 is 20.
That gives us 125/20 - 92/20.
Now, just subtract the numerators (leave the denominators the same).
That brings us to 33/20, which can be simplified to 1 13/20
Final Answer:
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