Given:
The distance to the door from your desk is d meters.
Your first step is 1/6 that distance =
[tex]\frac{1}{6}d[/tex]Each successive step is 1/6 the previous distance.
so, the second step =
[tex]\frac{1}{6}\cdot\frac{1}{6}d=(\frac{1}{6})^2d[/tex]The third step =
[tex]\frac{1}{6}\cdot(\frac{1}{6})^2d=(\frac{1}{6})^3d[/tex]And so on,
So, for the step number n, the formula will be :
[tex]=(\frac{1}{6})^n\cdot d[/tex]So, for 8 steps
You will have traveled =
[tex]=(\frac{1}{6})^8\cdot d[/tex]For 12 steps =
[tex]=(\frac{1}{6})^{12}\cdot d[/tex]For 20 steps =
[tex]=(\frac{1}{6})^{20}\cdot d[/tex]For n steps =
[tex]=(\frac{1}{6})^n\cdot d[/tex]
