Maria has 5 more (+5) more than 6 times the number of pencils (6x) Bill has
p = pencils
6p + 5, or C, is your answer
Jamie is 3 years younger than Ray. Ray is y years old
Jamie's age is y - 3
y - 3, or B, is your answer
For (2), start with the base case. When n = 2, we have
(n + 1)! = (2 + 1)! = 3! = 6
2ⁿ = 2² = 4
6 > 4, so the case of n = 2 is true.
Now assume the inequality holds for n = k, so that
(k + 1)! > 2ᵏ
Under this hypothesis, we want to show the inequality holds for n = k + 1. By definition of factorial, we have
((k + 1) + 1)! = (k + 2)! = (k + 2) (k + 1)!
Then by our hypothesis,
(k + 2) (k + 1)! > (k + 2) 2ᵏ = k•2ᵏ + 2ᵏ⁺¹
and k•2ᵏ ≥ 2•2² = 8, so
k•2ᵏ + 2ᵏ⁺¹ ≥ 8 + 2ᵏ⁺¹ > 2ᵏ⁺¹
which proves the claim.
Unfortunately, I can't help you with (3). Sorry!
Please take a photo of this problem... it looks very hard when it is written in the way you did.
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If I am reading this correctly the answer should be 1,977,326,743x^3</h3>
Ok so if the bird is on the top at 15 and a half then goes down six feet substrate 15 and a half from six and you get nine and half from the ground to the bird