Solve the recurrence relation for the variables indicated below: bn = 8bn-1 - 15bn-2 b1 = 2 b2 = 16 if the explicit formula for the sequence is written in the form bn = u(s1)n + v(s2)n then find s1 and s2 .

Which equation represents a direct linear variationa. y=x2b. y=2/5xc. y=1/xd. y=x+3

Nicolo paganini's numbers 1184 and 1210 are amicable. the proper divisors of 1184 are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 37, 74, 148, 296, and 592. the proper divisors of 1210 are 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 55, 110, 121, 242, and 605. use the definition of amicable (friendly) numbers to show that they are indeed amicable. which of the folowing statement uses the definition of amicable numbers to show that 1184 and 1210 are indeed amicable? o a. o b. ° c. the sum of proper divisors of 1184 is 1210 and the sum of proper divisors of 1210 is 1184 the sum of proper divisors of 1184 is greater than 1210 and the sum of proper divisors of 1210 is greater than 1184 the sum of proper divisors of 1184 is less than 1210 and the sum of proper divisors of 1210 is less than 1184

Consider the linear model for a two-stage nested design with b nested in a as given below. yijk=\small \mu + \small \taui + \small \betaj(i) + \small \varepsilon(ij)k , for i=1,; j= ; k=1, assumption: \small \varepsilon(ij)k ~ iid n (0, \small \sigma2) ; \small \taui ~ iid n(0, \small \sigmat2 ); \tiny \sum_{j=1}^{b} \small \betaj(i) =0; \small \varepsilon(ij)k and \small \taui are independent. using only the given information, derive the least square estimator of \small \betaj(i) using the appropriate constraints (sum to zero constraints) and derive e(msb(a) ).