Thread: Practice Problem (Intro to Discrete Math Class)

Hey Everyone,

Just so you know I am in an Intro to Discrete Math class so this stuff should be pretty simple to the rest of you, but I'm not very good at it. This is an example question that is up to me if i want to do it or not, the professor does not care. Any help would be appreciated.

Given that for any , is it true that ?

Originally Posted by Edbaseball17

Hey Everyone,

Just so you know I am in an Intro to Discrete Math class so this stuff should be pretty simple to the rest of you, but I'm not very good at it. This is an example question that is up to me if i want to do it or not, the professor does not care. Any help would be appreciated.

Given that for any , is it true that ?

I'm new to this so not sure how to make (n-1) all subscript, but it should be.

To make all of some expression a subscript enclose it in { }.
To calculate that, think of as a function A(n).
If , then .
Put 5n+3 in place of and 5n- 2 in place of in that expression and see if it is true.
Is 5n+3= 5(5n-2)-3?

Originally Posted by HallsofIvy

To make all of some expression a subscript enclose it in { }.
To calculate that, think of as a function A(n).
If , then .
Put 5n+3 in place of and 5n- 2 in place of in that expression and see if it is true.
Is 5n+3= 5(5n-2)-3?

ok so here is what I cam up with:

5n+3 = 5(n-2)-3 = 25n-10-3 = 25n-7

so the answer is false.

is this correct?