Take the sequence in 1a
The 10th term is 31
The 20th is 61
If you wanted to find these by continuing the series, you'd have to add 3 to the last number in the series, then 3 more, then 3 more, until you reach the 20th term. By this point, you will have added 3 to the first term 19 times. That's where the formula comes from. So here,
a = 4, the first term
n = 20, the number of the term we need
d = 3, how much we're adding each time between one term and the next
Then, to get the 20th term,
4 + (20 - 1) • 3 = 4 + (19 • 3) = 4 + 57 = 61
Answers
The 10th and 20th terms of each sequences are
a. 31; 61
b. 48; 98
c. 47; 97
(in <em>c</em>, you're adding the same <em>d</em> as in the sequence above, but your first term is one unit less)
d. -25; -75
(same thing as before, but now, <em>d</em> is negative)
e. 11.5; 16.5
(with <em>d</em>=1/2 or 0.5)
f. 6+1/2; 8+1/2
Use these to check your answers after applying the formula, but know that I calculated on the fly and didn't check these.
Ok , with that information we can write the equations
x + y = 6
5x + 4y = 28
Where x = how many people ordered chicken
and y = how many people ordered egg salad
Through elimination , we can set one of the variables in both equations equal so we can eliminate it :
(4)x + (4)y = (4)6
5x + 4y = 28
4x + 4y = 24. equation 1
5x + 4y = 28. equation 2
Now we can subtract the second equation by the first equation and isolate one variable:
equation 2 - equation 1
5x - 4x + 4y - 4y = 28 - 24
x = 4
Now that we discovered our x value ( How many people ordered chicken salad ) , we can apply it to one of the equations and discover y ( how many people ordered egg salad)
x + y = 6
x= 4
4 + y = 6
We can shift 4 to the other side of the equation by subtracting 4 from both sides of the equation:
4 - 4 + y = 6 - 4
y = 2
x=4 and y=2
So the awnser is :
4 people ordered chicken salad and 2 people ordered egg salad!
I hope you understood my brief explanation!!
p.s if you want to know how to use another method to solve these problems ( Substition) , just let me know in a comentary down here
Answer:
40 quarters and 2 dimes
Step-by-step explanation:
I did .25 (the amount of a quarter) and put it into a calculator adding.25 untill I got to 10 and then just 2 dimes bc 10+10 is 20
I’m hoping you are talking about:
Factor -1/2 out of -1/2x + 6
If so then the answer is
-1/2(x-3)