Pythagorean theorem
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Answer:
The sequence is geometric. The recursive formula is
Step-by-step explanation:
In order to solve this problem, you have to calculate the amount of the substance left after the end of each year to obtain a sequence and then you have to determine if the sequence is arithmetic or geometric.
The substance decreases by one-third each year, therefore:
After 1 year:
Using 1452 as a common factor and solving the fraction:
You can notice that in general, after each year the amount of grams is the initial amount of the year multiplied by 2/3
After 2 years:
After 3 years:
The sequence is:
1452,968,1936/3,3872/9....
In order to determine if the sequence is geometric, you have to calculate the ratio of two consecutive terms and see if the ratio is the same for all two consecutive terms. The ratio is obtained by dividing a term by the previous term.
The sequence is arithmetic if the difference of two consecutive terms is the same for all two consecutive terms.
-Calculating the ratio:
For the first and second terms:
968/1452=2/3
For the second and third terms:
1936/3 ÷ 968 = 2/3
In conclussion, the sequence is geometric because the ratio is common.
The recursive formula of a geometric sequence is given by:
where an is the nth term, r is the common ratio and an-1 is the previous term.
In this case, r=2/3
Answer:
x^4 -53x^2 +108x +160
Step-by-step explanation:
If <em>a</em> is a zero, then (<em>x-a</em>) is a factor. For the given zeros, the factors are ...
p(x) = (x +8)(x +1)(x -4)(x -5)
Multiplying these out gives the polynomial in standard form.
= (x^2 +9x +8)(x^2 -9x +20)
We note that these factors have a sum and difference with the same pair of values, x^2 and 9x. We can use the special form for the product of these to simplify our working out.
= (x^2 +9x)(x^2 -9x) +20(x^2 +9x) +8(x^2 -9x) +8(20)
= x^4 -81x^2 +20x^2 +180x +8x^2 -72x +160
p(x) = x^4 -53x^2 +108x +160
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The graph shows this polynomial has the required zeros.
Isosceles right triangles have two equal sides (a and b) that are not the hypotenuse (c). And when two sides are equal, so are their opposite angles. There are only 180° degrees in any triangles, thus the right angle = 90°, so 90 left for the two equal, means that 2x=90,
x = 45°.
There are several ways to go about solving a triangle like this. The best and easiest is simply to memorize that the hypotenuse is exactly root2 times the other sides. Or, each isosceles side is the hypotenuse (c) ÷ root2
Another way to do it is the longer proof of Pythagorean Theorem:
x = 45°.
There are several ways to go about solving a triangle like this. The best and easiest is simply to memorize that the hypotenuse is exactly root2 times the other sides. Or, each isosceles side is the hypotenuse (c) ÷ root2
Another way to do it is the longer proof of Pythagorean Theorem: