10 points i guess

look at the picture of a scaffold used to support construction workers. the height of the scaffold can be changed by adjusting two slanting rods, one of which, labeled pr, is shown:

part a: what is the approximate length of rod pr? round your answer to the nearest hundredth. explain how you found your answer, stating the theorem you used. show all your work. (5 points)

part b: the length of rod pr is adjusted to 16 feet. if width pq remains the same, what is the approximate new height qr of the scaffold? round your answer to the nearest hundredth. show all your work. (5 points)

geometric series converge the common ratio r has magnitude less than one.

which is equivalent to

for the example we need

|2-x| < 1

-1 < 2-x   and 2-x < 1

x < 3 and x > 1

we can write that

answer: 1 < x < 3

1a. common ratio r=250/25=10 > 1     diverges

1b.   r=50/100=1/2 converges

when these converge they converge to

where a is the first term.

answer: 200

1c. r=-1   so it's not the case that |r| < 1.     diverges

2a. x is the common ratio so we converge when |x|< 1

2b.   r=-10x / -2 = 5x.

we converge when

|5x| < 1

|x| < 1/5

2c.   r=3-2x

-1 < 3-2x and 3-2x < 1

-4 < -2x and 2 < 2x

x < 2 and 1 < x

1 < x < 2

2d. [/tex] r=-48x^3/12 = 4x^3[/tex]

|4x^3| < 1

|x^3| < \frac 1 4

|x| < 4^{-1/3}

step-by-step explanation: