Find the third, fifth, and seventeenth terms of the sequence described by the explicit formula: f(n)=-9.2-2.5(n-1)

Given:

The explicit formula of a sequence is

To find:

The third, fifth, and seventeenth terms of the sequence.

Solution:

We have,

For n=3,

For n=5,

For n=7,

Therefore, the third, fifth, and seventeenth terms of the sequence are -14.2, -19.2 and -24.2 respectively.

b) 1/3 * 1/5

step-by-step explanation:

each smallest part is 1/15 since the written one is 1/5 and it's divided by 3 equal parts. (1/5 )/3 = 1/15 = 1/3 * 1/5

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.