Tommy bought one dozen donuts. He gave one-sixth of the donuts to his wife. He then gave one-fifth of the remaining donuts to his son. He took the rest to work. How many donuts did Tommy take to work?

8

Step-by-step explanation:

Ok so dozen = 12

1/6 x 12 = 2  

12 - 2 = 10

1/5 x 10 = 2

10 - 2 = 8

8 donuts to work

or 2/3 of what he originally had

the terms of a geometric sequence can be found by beginning with the first term and multiplying by the common ratio repeatedly. a recursive formula for a geometric sequence with common ratio r is given by an=ran−1 a n = r a n − 1 for n≥2 n ≥ 2 .

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