notice the picture of the graph added here
low and behold, x = -17, y is 0, and x= 15, y is 0
the graph is touching the x-axis, an x-intercept
or so-called, a "solution"
The recursive formula
is telling you that the next term in the sequence is five times the previous one, minus 3.
So, if we start with 
, we have to multiply it by 5 and subtract 3 to get the next:
And similarly we can obtain all the next terms:
Answer:
He burnt 1000 calories per hour when playing basketball.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let B be calories burned playing basketball, and C calories burned canoing.
1800 = B + 2C
3200 = 2B + 3C
From 1st equatipn, we get that B = 1800 - 2C
Replacing into the 2nd equation, we have:
3200 = 2(1800-2C) + 3C
3200 = 3600 - 4C + 3C
3200 = 3600 - 1C
C = 3600 - 3200
C = 400
Knowing C, we find B.
B = 1800 - 2C = 1800 - 2*400 = 1800 - 800 = 1000 calories.
Answer:
mean=4.44
standard deviation=1.67
Step-by-step explanation:
The mean and standard deviation for the number of erroneous returns per batch can be calculated using binomial distribution. The binomial distribution is used because
i) There are one of two possible outcomes( error or no error) that can be categorized into success and failure.
ii) The experiment is repeated fix number of times 12.
iii) The probability of success remains constant at each trial i.e. 37%
iv) The trails are independent.The mean and standard deviation of binomial distribution are np and √npq
Here, n=12, p=0.37 and q=1-0.37=0.63
mean=12*0.37=4.44
standard deviation=√12*0.37*0.63=√2.8=1.67
To find the specification limit such that only 0.5% of the bulbs will not exceed this limit we proceed as follows;
From the z-table, a z-score of -2.57 cuts off 0.005 in the left tail; given the formula for z-score
(x-μ)/σ
we shall have:
(x-5000)/50=-2.57
solving for x we get:
x-5000=-128.5
x=-128.5+5000
x=4871.50
