3.19 - 1.99 = 1.20 increase in 4 years
1.20/4 = 0.30
rate of change is 0.30 per year (30 cents per year)
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Answer:
a) (x³ -x² +x +2) +2/(x+1)
b) (x² +2x -5) +6/(x+3)
Step-by-step explanation:
Polynomial long division is virtually identical to numerical long division, except that the quotient term does not require any guessing. It is simply the ratio of the leading terms of the dividend and divisor. As with numerical long division, the product of the quotient term and the divisor is subtracted from the dividend to form the new dividend for the next step.
The process stops when the dividend is of lower degree than the divisor.
In part (a), you need to make sure the dividend expression has all of the powers of x present. This means terms 0x³ and 0x² must be added as placeholders in the given dividend. They will become important as the work progresses.
First you simply have to substitute 2 in replace of all the a's, and -2 in replace of all of the b's
4((2)2+2(-2))
Then you want to follow the order of operations, PEMDAS (Parantheses-Exponent-Multiplication-Division-Addition-Subtraction), and multiply within the parantheses.
4(4+(-4))
Next you will add within the parantheses (So add the 4 and -4 together)
4(0)
Lastly multiply
0
Your answer is 0
Hope this helps!
Assuming the series is

The series will converge if

We have

So the series will certainly converge if

, but we also need to check the endpoints of the interval.
If

, then the series is a scaled harmonic series, which we know diverges.
On the other hand, if

, by the alternating series test we can show that the series converges, since

and is strictly decreasing.
So, the interval of convergence for the series is

.