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Prerequisite Assignment: MyMathLab® Study Plan for Week 4 Checkpoint

1. Click the CheckPoint tab.
2. Click External Content Launch to access MyMathLab®.
3. After earning at least 60% of the Mastery Points in the MyMathLab® Study Plan for Week 4 Checkpoint, complete the Week 4 Checkpoint in MyMathLab®.

Important Note: It is highly recommended that you earn all of the possible Mastery Points in the MyMathLab® Study Plan for Week 4 Checkpoint. This Weekly Checkpoint contains 10 questions. You have one attempt to complete the Weekly Checkpoints and do not have access to the Help Me Solve This or View an Example features.

MTH 220 Week 4 Checkpoint

Write the first four terms of the sequence whose general term is given below.

The sequence given is defined using a recursion formula. Write the first four terms of the sequence.

Evaluate the factorial expression.

Find the indicated sum.A deposit of $1000is made in an account that earns 5%

interest compounded quarterly. The balance in the account after n quarters is given by the following sequence. Find the balance in the account after six years.

Select the answers that best complete the given statements.

Write the first six terms of the arithmetic sequence with the given first term, a 1, and common difference, d.

Use the formula for the general term (the nth term) of an arithmetic sequence to find the indicated term of the sequence with the given first term,a 1, and common difference, d.

Find 1plus2plus3plus4plus…plus30, the sum of the first 20natural numbers.

You are considering two job offers. Company A will start you at $ 33 comma 000a year and guarantee a raise of $ 2500per year. Company B will start you at a higher salary, $ 40 comma 000a year, but will only guarantee a raise of $ 1000per year. Find the total salary that each company will pay over a ten-year period. Which company pays the greater total amount?