The class has 28 student. One group has four more students so surat 4 from 28. 28-4=24 since one of the groups have twice as many students as the other divide 24 by 3. 24 / 3 = 8. It says 1 group has for more than twice the other group so that would mean 2/3 of 24 and 4 would be the answer 16+4=20. The first group had 8 students, the other group has 20 students.
Add 1 to both sides of the equation to get 4x = 4.
Divide both sides by 4 and <em>x = 1</em>.
Your sequence appears to be geometric with a common ratio of 2. It can be described by
a(n) = (-2 2/3)·2^(n-1)
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This can be written in a number of other forms, including
a(n) = (-8/3)·2^(n-1)
a(n) = (-1/3)·2^(n+2)
a(n) = (-4/3)·2^n
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