Question

Maria plans to double the amount of time she spends walking per day each week.she starts , on week 1 , walking 5 minutes per day. after 7 days , she then walks 10 minutes per day

(a) how many minutes per day will maria be walking on week # 6 , show the calculation that gives your answer

(b) scale the y axis appropriately and graph the first six terms of this sequence .list them all if you haven't already


(c) according to this geometric progression how many minutes per day would maria be walking on week # 10 why is this not a viable answer​

Answer 1

a) 160 minutes per day

b) Find the graph attached

c) on 10th week Maria would be walking 2560 minutes per day

Explanation:

Week 1 - 5 minutes per day

Week 2 - 10 minutes per day

Week 3 - 20 minutes per day

Week 4 - 40 minutes per day

Week 5 - 80 minutes per day

Week 6 - 160 minutes per day

a) 160 minutes per day

b) Find the graph attached

c) on 10th week Maria would be walking 2560 minutes per day