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rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

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rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

The windows of a downtown office building are arranged so that each floor has six fewer windows than the floor below it. If the ground floor has 52 windows, how many windows are on the eighth floor?

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

welcome to my crib danno

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

okay so we are looking for a_8

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

d=-6

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

a1= 52

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

if a_1 = 52

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

howd you get that

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

What?

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

well i know the answer is 4 because 6x8=48 and 52-48=4. but i need to use the formula. how did you get d?

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

each floor has six fewer windows

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

me feal dum

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

okay so a_8=10?

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

a8 = 52+(8-1)*(-6) = 10

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

YAY

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

THANKS DANNO

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/571c3d52e4b00ff203b546bb

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