Jacob went on a fishing trip. This year he caught 30 fish, which is six more than twice the number he caught last year. How many fish did Jacob catch last year?

12 fish

Step-by-step explanation:

You need to work this problem backwards. If he caught 30 fish, which was six more than twice the number he caught last year, you would start by subtracting six, leaving you with 24. Then you'd have to divide by 2, because it was twice plus six as many fish, which would give you 12 fish.

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12 = x

arithmetic sequence

step-by-step explanation:

given that a sequence has terms as

19, 15, 11,

this is represented on a graph

the pattern indicates that the sequence is an arithmetic sequence with i term

a=19 and common difference d =-4

any general term

thus the sequence is reduced by 4 for each successive term starting from 1 and nth term is

24-5n.

first negative term would start after 5th term

5th term =24-25< 0

from 5th term onwards the sequence would be negative.