Hi, I’m really stuck on this code I have to write on python. could someone help? Thankyou
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Please provide some example of what you’ve tried and I’m sure you’ll get more help.
Happy coding 
Ok, what code do you have so far for computing R_infty?
Please post your code instead of a picture of your code - it makes it much, much easier for us to help.
As to the calculations, what happened as you plotted a to show the different values of R_n?
i’m also confused why they put for i in range (n-1) is it from 50 counting down
I havent managed to calculate the values as i’m really confused
This is an interactive version of your code:
repl.it link
# Setup variables
r = 100.0
s = 10000.0
n = 50
a = [r + s] # R_1
# Calculate R_n
for i in range(n - 1):
a.append(r + s*a[-1]/(s + a[-1]))
# Plot
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot(a)
plt.show()
So what does the graph show is happening to R_n?
r_n is going to infinity ?
I think you may be misinterperting the graph. The x axis of the graph shows n. So as n gets bigger, the curve representing R_n does what?
so R_n vs n showing as n increases R_n decreases?
Yes, but decreases to where? Does it keep decreasing forever?
I promise, my question here has a purpose. Once you can describe what happens to R_n as n gets bigger and bigger, then you can make a loop that computes R_infty.
no it intersects at about 10000
Ok, so how about making the while loop generate values of R_n for bigger and bigger values of n until the values of R_n stop changing? Then you’ll have R_infty.
careful, that is R_0
you want R_infy, so the value to the right of the diagram
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Right, different number of 0s
so i change the value of n?