A sequence of numbers is formed by the iterative process Xn+1 = (Xn )2 – Xn

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1 answer:

xeze [42]3 years ago

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Step-by-step explanation:

X1 = 1

X2 = (X1) 2 - X1

X2 = 2 - 1

X2 = 1. implies that the second term of the sequence is 1.

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Strike441 [17]

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a differential equation problem most easily solved with an exponential decay equation of the form

$y=Ce^{kt}$ . We know that the initial amount of salt in the tank is 28 pounds, so

C = 28. Now we just need to find k.

The concentration of salt changes as the pure water flows in and the salt water flows out. So the change in concentration, where y is the concentration of salt in the tank, is $\frac{dy}{dt}$ . Thus, the change in the concentration of salt is found in

$\frac{dy}{dt}=$ inflow of salt - outflow of salt

Pure water, what is flowing into the tank, has no salt in it at all; and since we don't know how much salt is leaving (our unknown, basically), the outflow at 3 gal/min is 3 times the amount of salt leaving out of the 400 gallons of salt water at time t:

$3(\frac{y}{400})$