Simplifying
120 + -28a = 78
Solving
120 + -28a = 78
Solving for variable 'a'.
Move all terms containing a to the left, all other terms to the right.
Add '-120' to each side of the equation.
120 + -120 + -28a = 78 + -120
Combine like terms: 120 + -120 = 0
0 + -28a = 78 + -120
-28a = 78 + -120
Combine like terms: 78 + -120 = -42
-28a = -42
Divide each side by '-28'.
a = 1.5
Simplifying
a = 1.5
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The first differences of the sequence are ...
- 5-2 = 3
- 10-5 = 5
- 17-10 = 7
- 26-17 = 9
- 37-26 = 11
Second differences are ...
- 5 -3 = 2
- 7 -5 = 2
- 9 -7 = 2
- 11 -9 = 2
The second differences are constant, so the sequence can be described by a second-degree polynomial.
We can write and solve three equations for the coefficients of the polynomial. Let's define the polynomial for the sequence as ...
f(n) = an^2 + bn + c
Then the first three terms of the sequence are ...
- f(1) = 2 = a·1^2 + b·1 + c
- f(2) = 5 = a·2^2 +b·2 + c
- f(3) = 10 = a·3^2 +b·3 +c
Subtracting the first equation from the other two gives ...
3a +b = 3
8a +2b = 8
Subtracting the first of these from half the second gives ...
(4a +b) -(3a +b) = (4) -(3)
a = 1 . . . . . simplify
Substituting into the first of the 2-term equations, we get ...
3·1 +b = 3
b = 0
And substituting the values for a and b into the equation for f(1), we have ...
1·1 + 0 + c = 2
c = 1
So, the formula for the sequence is ...
f(n) = n^2 + 1
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The 20th term is f(20):
f(20) = 20^2 +1 = 401
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It looks like this matches the solution of the "worked example" on your problem page.
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
The 99% confidence interval of the population mean for the weights of adult elephants is between 12,475 pounds and 12,637 pounds.
Step-by-step explanation:
We have the standard deviation for the sample, so we use the t-distribution to solve this question.
The first step to solve this problem is finding how many degrees of freedom, we have. This is the sample size subtracted by 1. So
df = 10 - 1 = 9
99% confidence interval
Now, we have to find a value of T, which is found looking at the t table, with 9 degrees of freedom(y-axis) and a confidence level of 
. So we have T = 3.25
The margin of error is:
M = T*s = 3.25*25 = 81
In which s is the standard deviation of the sample.
The lower end of the interval is the sample mean subtracted by M. So it is 12,556 - 81 = 12,475 pounds
The upper end of the interval is the sample mean added to M. So it is 12,556 + 81 = 12,637 pounds.
The 99% confidence interval of the population mean for the weights of adult elephants is between 12,475 pounds and 12,637 pounds.
