The first term in an arithmetic sequence is 5. The third term in the sequence is –1. The tenth term in the sequence is –22. Chris said that the recursive formula for this sequence could be described as, "to find the next term of the sequence, add -3 to the previous term." Do you agree or disagree that this statement is equivalent to the explicit formula from Question 15? Explain.

Which of the following disjunctions is true? 4 + 4 = 16 or 6 - 5 = 11 4 · 3 = 7 or 3 - 2 = 5 8 - 5 = 13 or 7 · 2 = 12 7 - 4 = 11 or 6 + 3 = 9

Design an er diagram for keeping track of information about votes taken in the u.s. house of representatives during the current two-year congressional session. the database needs to keep track of each u.s. state's name (e.g., texas', new york', california') and include the region of the state (whose domain is {northeast', midwest', southeast', southwest', west'}). each congress person in the house of representatives is described by his or her name, plus the district represented, the start date when the congressperson was first elected, and the political party to which he or she belongs (whose domain is {republican', democrat', 'independent', other'}). the database keeps track of each bill (i.e., proposed law), including the bill name, the date of vote on the bill, whether the bill passed or failed (whose domain is {yes', no'}), and the sponsor (the congressperson(s) who sponsored - that is, proposed - the bill). the database also keeps track of how each congressperson voted on each bill (domain of vote attribute is {yes', no', abstain', absent'}). additional information:

At the beginning of year 1, carlos invests $600 at an annual compound interest rate of 4%. he makes no deposits to or withdrawals from the account. which explicit formula can be used to find the account's balance at the beginning of year 5? what is, the balance?