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Precalc: Test for Chapter 6


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____________________ 1. List the five terms, a1, a2, a3, a4, and a5 of the sequence defined by

 
____________________ 2. List the five terms, a1, a2, a3, a4, and a5 of the sequence defined by

 
____________________ 3. List the five terms, a1, a2, a3, a4, and a5 of the sequence defined by

 
____________________ 4. List the five terms, a1, a2, a3, a4, and a5 of the sequence defined by

   
____________________ 5. Give an nth–term definition for the sequence with the first five terms being

 
____________________ 6. Give the recursive definition for the sequence with the first five terms being

 
____________________ 7. Give an nth–term definition for the sequence with the first five terms being

 
____________________ 8. Give the recursive definition for the sequence with the first five terms being

   
____________________ 9. Find the

   
____________________ 10. Find the

   
____________________ 11. The formula for the accumulated funds, A, for investing P dollars at an annual rate of r (expressed as a decimal) compounded n times per year for t years is
A = P ( 1 + r/n) nt
What will be the accumulated funds after investing

   
____________________ 12. The formula for the accumulated funds, A, for investing P dollars at an annual rate of r (expressed as a decimal) compounded continuously for t years is
A = P e rt
What will be the accumulated funds after investing

   
____________________ 13. Express the following series in expanded form. Do not compute the actual sum!

   
____________________ 14. Express the following series in expanded form. Do not compute the actual sum!

   
____________________ 15. Find the sum of the first

   
____________________ 16. Find the sum of the first

   
____________________ 17. Find the sum of the first

   
____________________ 18. Find the sum of the first

   
____________________ 19. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series where

   
____________________ 20. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series where

   
____________________ 21.

   
____________________ 22.

   
____________________ 23.

   
____________________ 24. What is the sum of the numbers in the row of Pascal's triangle that starts with

   
____________________ 25. The chart below is meant to represent the streets of a city. As you can see, two of the intersections in the city have been closed to all traffic. Assuming that you start at the top corner of the city, and that you only move down on the map, how may ways are there to reach the bottom corner of the map? Show your work!

 

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PRECALCULUS: College Algebra and Trigonometry
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