document.write( "Question 1206057: Consider a population that grows according to the recursive rule Pn=Pn-1+35, with initial population Po=20.
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\n" ); document.write( "P1 = __________
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\n" ); document.write( "Find an explicit formula for the population. Your formula should involve n (use lowercase n)
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\n" ); document.write( "Pn= __________
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\n" ); document.write( "Use your explicit formula to find P100
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\n" ); document.write( "P100 =__________
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\n" ); document.write( " \"P%5Bn%5D=P%5Bn-1%5D%2B35\", with initial population \"P%5Bo%5D=20\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This is an \"arithmetic\" sequence, with an initial term of \"20\" and a common difference of \"35\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B1%5D+=P%5Bo%5D%2B35\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B1%5D+=20%2B35\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B1%5D+=55\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B2%5D+=+P%5B1%5D+%2B35\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B2%5D+=+55+%2B35\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B2%5D+=+90\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " an explicit formula is:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5Bn%5D=+P%5Bo%5D%2Bd%28n-1%29\"......\"P%5Bo%5D=20\", \"d=35\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5Bn%5D=+20%2B35%28n-1%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use your explicit formula to find \"P%5B100%5D\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=>\"n=100\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B100%5D+=20%2B35%28100-1%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B100%5D+=20%2B35%2899%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%5B100%5D+=3485\"\r
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