SOLUTION: As the track team manager, Nicole passes out water during practice. Each cup holds 4 ounces. Nicole brought a water cooler with 128 ounces of cold water. a) Identify the first t

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Question 1196746: As the track team manager, Nicole passes out water during practice. Each cup holds 4 ounces.
Nicole brought a water cooler with 128 ounces of cold water.
a) Identify the first term and the common difference. Write this sequence in recursive form and
list the first four terms._________________________________________________________
b) Write the function in explicit form that represents this sequence. _______________________
c) How much water is left after filling 16 cups of water? _______________________________

Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathLover1, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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As the track team manager, Nicole passes out water during practice. Each cup holds 4 ounces.
Nicole brought a water cooler with 128 ounces of cold water.
a) Identify the first term and the common difference. Write this sequence in recursive form and
list the first four terms._________________________________________________________
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Nice description but the question makes poor sense.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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a) Identify the first term and the common difference.
the first term is a%5B1%5D=4 the common difference is d=4
Write this sequence in recursive form and
list the first four terms._4,8,12,16,.........,128
b) Write the function in explicit form that represents this sequence.
a%5Bn%5D=128-4n
c) How much water is left after filling 16 cups of water?
n=16
a%5B16%5D=128-4%2A16
a%5B16%5D=64

64 ounces of water is remaining

Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the sequence you are talking about in this problem ?

Without your precise description of the sequence, it is impossible to answer your questions.


My impression is that two different problems are mistakenly mixed in your post.

In any case, there is no logical connection between different parts of the post.


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Please do not post your explanations to me in person.

Simply, in next time, keep in mind that your post should be self-explanatory
and its meaning should be clear to anyone without additional explanations,
without additional questions and without guessing.


Otherwise, it can not be considered as a Math problem.