Where an, an-1,a2, a1, a0 are constants. We call the term containing the highest power of x the leading term, and we call an the leading coefficient. The degree of the polynomial is the power of x in the leading term. We have already seen degree 0, 1, and 2 polynomials which were the constant, linear, and quadratic functions, respectively. Degree 3, 4, and 5
The number is increasing by 2 every time.
78 x 2 = 156
-4 + 156 = 152
The 78th term is 152
The population starts at 2000, so a=2000.
We also know that the population in 3 hours is 1000, so we can setup the equation:
2000 b^3 = 1000
This gets us:
b^3 = 1/2
And taking the cube root of both sides gives us:
b ≈ 0.7937005259841
Rounding that to 4 places, we have:
f(t) = 2000 (0.7937)^t
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