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Summary: An updated version of the Sequences and Series module.

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Exercise 1

On January 1, you have 100 songs on your iPod. There after, you download three songs a day.

  • a. Fill in the following table.
Table 1
Date: January... Number of Songs
1 100
2 103
3 106
5  
10  
d  
  • b. Test your formula at the end (for day d d) by making sure it correctly predicts that on Day 1, you have 100 songs. If it does not, fix it.

Exercise 2

You begin an experiment with 10 amoebas in a petrie dish. Each minute, each amoeba splits, so the total number of amoebas doubles. Fill in the following table.

Table 2
Minutes elapsed Number of amoebas, or amoebae, or whatever they are
0 10
1 20
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5  
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