Let bn be the number of binary strings of length n which do not contain two consecutive o's (a) evaluate bi and b2 and give a brief explanation b) give a recurrence relation for bn in terms of previous terms for n 2 2 explain how you get your recurrence relation (c) find the general solution of this linear recurrence relation. (d) find a closed form representation for bn

Mercury poisoning is dangerous overload of mercury within the body. a major source of mercury within the body, a major source of mercury poisoning is consuming fish that contain mercury. certain fish are more prone to having higher levels of mercury than others. the pie chart shows the distribution of four breeds of fish at a hatchery. the hatchery has approximately 6,000 fish. a biologist from the centers for disease control and prevention randomly test 5% of each breed of fish for mercury content. her findings are shown in the following table. based on the biologist's findings, if a single salmon is randomly selected from those that were tested, what is the probability that this particular fish would have a dangerous mercury level? a) 0.001 b) 0.004 c) 0.02 d) 0.08

Sundar used linear combination to solve the system of equations shown. he did so by multiplying the first equation by 5 and the second equation by another number to eliminate the y-terms. what number did sundar multiply the second equation by? 2x+9y=41 3x+5y=36

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. james needs to clock a minimum of 9 hours per day at work. the data set records his daily work hours, which vary between 9 hours and 12 hours, for a certain number of days. {9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 10.5, 11, 11, 11.5, 11.5, 11.5, 12, 12}. the median number of hours james worked is . the skew of the distribution is