(a) Fibonacci posed the following problem: Suppose that rabbits live forever and that every month each pair produces a new pair which becomes productive at age 2 months. If we start with one newborn pair, how many pairs of rabbits will we have in the nth month? Show that the answer is for where {f) is the Fibonacci sequence defined in this example. This answer has not been graded yet. (b) Let a, = fn + 1/fo and show that a, - 1 = 1 + 1/a, - 2. This answer has not been graded yet. Assuming that {an} is convergent, find its limit. (If an answer does not exist, enter DNE.)

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(a) Fibonacci posed the following problem: Suppose that rabbits live forever and that every month each pair produces a new pair which becomes productive at age 2 months. If we start with one
newborn pair, how many pairs of rabbits will we have in the nth month? Show that the answer is fo, where {fo} is the Fibonacci sequence defined in this example.
This answer has not been graded yet.
(b) Let a, = fn + 1/fn and show that an - 1 = 1 + 1/a, - 2-
This answer has not been graded yet.
Assuming that {a,} is convergent, find its limit. (If an answer does not exist, enter DNE.)
Transcribed Image Text:(a) Fibonacci posed the following problem: Suppose that rabbits live forever and that every month each pair produces a new pair which becomes productive at age 2 months. If we start with one newborn pair, how many pairs of rabbits will we have in the nth month? Show that the answer is fo, where {fo} is the Fibonacci sequence defined in this example. This answer has not been graded yet. (b) Let a, = fn + 1/fn and show that an - 1 = 1 + 1/a, - 2- This answer has not been graded yet. Assuming that {a,} is convergent, find its limit. (If an answer does not exist, enter DNE.)
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