Noah's oven thermometer gives a reading that is 2% greater than the actual temperature. If the thermometer reading is 76oF , what is the actual temperature?

the actual temperature is 74.51oF

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the actual temperature is as follows:

Let us assume the actual temperature be x

And, the temperature of thermometer reading be y

As we know that

y = 1.02x

Now if y = 76oF that means

76oF = 1.02x

x = 76oF ÷ 1.02

= 74.51°F

hence, the actual temperature is 74.51oF

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step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

, and for

the answer is 2/54

step-by-step explanation: