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https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-osalgebratrig/chapter/parametric-equations/ | https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-osalgebratrig/chapter/parametric-equations/ | ||
- | ==== Arithmetic Sequences ==== | + | ==== Arithmetic/Geometric Sequences ==== |
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+ | **Arithmetic sequence** has a constant difference between the terms, such as 1, 3, 5, 7, 9... | ||
Basic form to find term n: a(n) = a(1) + d(n-1), where d = step size (difference between terms), a(1) is the first term | Basic form to find term n: a(n) = a(1) + d(n-1), where d = step size (difference between terms), a(1) is the first term | ||
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If don't know last term, just substitute a(n): | If don't know last term, just substitute a(n): | ||
S = n/2 (2a + (n − 1) d) | S = n/2 (2a + (n − 1) d) | ||
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+ | **Geometric sequence** terms are found by multiplying the previous term by a constant, such as 2, 4, 8, 16 ... | ||
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+ | a(n) = arⁿ⁻¹ | ||
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+ | Other sequences exist: | ||
+ | * squares: a(n) = n², cubes, etc. | ||
+ | * triangular numbers: a(n) = n(n+1)/2 (number of dots in a triangle of n rows) | ||
+ | * fibonacci sequence: a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2) | ||
Convergence of a power sequence: http://math.bu.edu/people/prakashb/Teaching/32LS10/Lectures/11-2.pdf | Convergence of a power sequence: http://math.bu.edu/people/prakashb/Teaching/32LS10/Lectures/11-2.pdf | ||
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* horizontal asymptotes (HA) is when x goes to infinity, look at highest order of x in numerator and denominator: | * horizontal asymptotes (HA) is when x goes to infinity, look at highest order of x in numerator and denominator: | ||
* y = axⁿ / bxᵏ | * y = axⁿ / bxᵏ | ||
- | * if n > k : no HA | ||
* if n < k : HA = 0 | * if n < k : HA = 0 | ||
* if n = k : HA = a/b | * if n = k : HA = a/b | ||
- | * oblique (diagonal) - approaches the line y = mx+b | + | * if n > k : no HA |
- | * look halfway down the page here: https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/rational-expression.html | + | * if n = k+1 : oblique (diagonal) asymptote - approaches the line y = mx+b (from polynomial long division) |
- | * if power of x in numerator > power of x in denominator: asymptote = 0 | + | * if n > k+1 : no asymptote |
- | * if power of x in numerator = power of x in denominator: asymptote = horizontal, not zero (ratio of largest coefficients) | + | |
- | * if power of x in numerator = 1 less than power of x in denominator: asymptote = oblique (definition of line, from polynomial long division) | + | look halfway down the page here: https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/rational-expression.html |
- | * if power of x in numerator > 1 less than power of x in denominator: asymptote = none | + | |
====Interest, half life, amortization==== | ====Interest, half life, amortization==== |