Answer:
12
Step-by-step explanation:
Plug the given values into the equation to solve.
a² - b²
(4)² - (-2)²
16 - 4
12
Okay so basically the answer would be 4/15
<span>binomial </span>is an algebraic expression containing 2 terms. For example, (x + y) is a binomial.
We sometimes need to expand binomials as follows:
(a + b)0 = 1
(a + b)1 = a + b
(a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2
(a + b)3 = a3 + 3a2b + 3ab2 + b3
<span>(a + b)4</span> <span>= a4 + 4a3b</span><span> + 6a2b2 + 4ab3 + b4</span>
<span>(a + b)5</span> <span>= a5 + 5a4b</span> <span>+ 10a3b2</span><span> + 10a2b3 + 5ab4 + b5</span>
Clearly, doing this by direct multiplication gets quite tedious and can be rather difficult for larger powers or more complicated expressions.
Pascal's Triangle
We note that the coefficients (the numbers in front of each term) follow a pattern. [This was noticed long before Pascal, by the Chinese.]
1
1 1
1 2 1
1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1
1 5 10 10 5 1
1 6 15 20 15 6 1
You can use this pattern to form the coefficients, rather than multiply everything out as we did above.
The Binomial Theorem
We use the binomial theorem to help us expand binomials to any given power without direct multiplication. As we have seen, multiplication can be time-consuming or even not possible in some cases.
<span>Properties of the Binomial Expansion <span>(a + b)n</span></span><span><span>There are <span>\displaystyle{n}+{1}<span>n+1</span></span> terms.</span><span>The first term is <span>an</span> and the final term is <span>bn</span>.</span></span><span>Progressing from the first term to the last, the exponent of a decreases by <span>\displaystyle{1}1</span> from term to term while the exponent of b increases by <span>\displaystyle{1}1</span>. In addition, the sum of the exponents of a and b in each term is n.</span><span>If the coefficient of each term is multiplied by the exponent of a in that term, and the product is divided by the number of that term, we obtain the coefficient of the next term.</span>
Answer:
The second term of the sequence is 8 False ⇒ B
The third term of the sequence is 3 True ⇒ A
The fourth term of the sequence is -3 True ⇒ A
Step-by-step explanation:
The form of the recursive rule is:
f(1) = first term; f(n) = f(n - 1) + d, where
- f(n - 1) is the term before the nth term
- d is the common difference
∵ f(1) = 15, f(n) = f(n - 1) - 6 for n ≥ 2
∴ The first term = 15
∴ d = -6
let us find the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th terms
∵ n = 2
∴ f(2) = f(1) - 6
∵ f(1) = 15
∴ f(2) = 15 - 6 = 9
∴ The second term is 9
∴ The second term of the sequence is 8 False
∵ n = 3
∴ f(3) = f(2) - 6
∵ f(2) = 9
∴ f(3) = 9 - 6 = 3
∴ The third term is 3
∴ The third term of the sequence is 3 True
∵ n = 4
∴ f(4) = f(3) - 6
∵ f(3) = 3
∴ f(4) = 3 - 6 = -3
∴ The fourth term is -3
∴ The fourth term of the sequence is -3 True
