Respuesta :
Part 1
Use your calculator to have it display [tex]e \approx 2.71828182846[/tex] and round that to five decimal places to get [tex]e \approx 2.71828[/tex]
Answer: 2.71828
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Part 2
Plug in x = 5 to get
[tex]y = \left(1 + \frac{1}{x}\right)^x\\\\y = \left(1 + \frac{1}{5}\right)^5\\\\y = 2.48832\\\\[/tex]
Answer: 2.48832
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Part 3
Now plug in x = 25
[tex]y = \left(1 + \frac{1}{x}\right)^x\\\\y = \left(1 + \frac{1}{25}\right)^{25}\\\\y \approx 2.66583633148742\\\\y \approx 2.665 84\\\\[/tex]
Answer: 2.66584
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Part 4
Plug in x = 125
[tex]y = \left(1 + \frac{1}{x}\right)^x\\\\y = \left(1 + \frac{1}{125}\right)^{125}\\\\y \approx 2.70748783321031\\\\y \approx 2.70749\\\\[/tex]
Answer: 2.70749
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Part 5
As x gets larger, it appears (1+1/x)^x is getting closer and closer to e = 2.71828 since the sequence of answers (from parts 2 through 4) was 2.48832, 2.66584, 2.70749.