The statement that best describes the graph is “It will not
be spread out across the entire coordinate plane because in Step 3 Sharon
plotted the independent variable on the y-axis.”
To add, graphing is a powerful tool for representing and
interpreting numerical data. In addition, graphs and knowledge of
algebra can be used to find the relationship between variables
plotted on a scatter chart.
Step-by-step explanation:
Initially, there's only 1 letter.
Tania sends the letter to 4 friends.
Each friend sends a letter to 4 more friends (4 × 4 = 16).
Each of those friends sends to 4 more friends (16 × 4 = 64).
The pattern is 1, 4, 16, 64, etc.
This is a geometric sequence. The first term is 1 and each term is 4 times the previous term.
a₁ = 1
aₙ = 4 aₙ₋₁
The explicit formula is:
aₙ = 1 (4)ⁿ⁻¹
163.2 is the correct Answer
The number who drink coffee is 3/4 of 8000, so ...
... (3/4)×8000 = 6000.
Of those, 1/5 add cream, so the number of coffee drinkers who add cream to their coffee is ...
... (1/5)×6000 = 1200.
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Alternate solutions
We have computed ...
... (1/5)×((3/4)×8000) = 1200
Since multiplication is associative, you can multiply the fractions first, if you wish:
... ((1/5)×(3/4))×8000 = (3/20)×8000
... = 24000/20 = 1200
or
... = 3×(8000/20) = 3×400 = 1200
