Homework Statement
The Bank of Utopia offers an interest rate of 100% per annum with various options as to how the interest may be added. A man invests $1000 and considers the following options.
Option A - Interest added annually at the end of the year.
Option B - Interest of 50% credited...
Homework Statement
A 'supa-ball' is dropped from a height of 1 metre onto a level table. It always rises to a height equal to 0.9 of the height from which it was dropped. How far does it travel in total until it stops bouncing?
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So I managed to solve a. in the following manner:
r=y/x which means that y=rx, and since r=z/y, z=ry=(r^2)x
also z-y = 2(y-x), and plugging in the above values (in terms of x) of z and y I get x(r^2) - rx = 2rx - 2x
eliminating x from both sides of this equation gives (r^2) - 3r + 2 = 0, which...
Homework Statement
Different numbers x, y and z are the first three terms of a geometric progression with common ratio r, and also the first, second and fourth terms of an arithmetic progression.
a. Find the value of r.
b. Find which term of the arithmetic progression will next be equal to...