Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 12 - Review - Exercises - Page 889: 10

Answer

$3^{\frac{1}{2}},\ 3^{\frac{3}{4}},\ 3^{\frac{7}{8}},\ 3^{\frac{15}{16}},\ 3^{\frac{31}{32}},\ 3^{\frac{63}{64}},\ 3^{\frac{127}{128}}$

Work Step by Step

$a_{1}=\sqrt{3}=3^{1/2}\qquad a_{n}=\sqrt{3a_{n-1}}$ $a_{2}=\sqrt{3a_{1}}=\sqrt{3\cdot 3^{1/2}}=\sqrt{3^{3/2}}=3^{3/4}$, $a_{3}=\sqrt{3a_{2}}=\sqrt{3\cdot 3^{3/4}}=\sqrt{3^{7/4}}=3^{7/8}$, $a_{4}=\sqrt{3a_{3}}=\sqrt{3\cdot 3^{7/8}}=\sqrt{3^{15/8}}=3^{15/16}$, $a_{5}=\sqrt{3a_{4}}=\sqrt{3\cdot 3^{15/16}}=\sqrt{3^{31/16}}=3^{31/32}$, $a_{6}=\sqrt{3a_{5}}=\sqrt{3\cdot 3^{31/32}}=\sqrt{3^{63/32}}=3^{63/64}$, $a_{7}=\sqrt{3a_{6}}=\sqrt{3\cdot 3^{63/64}}=\sqrt{3^{127/64}}=3^{127/128}$.
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