SOLUTION: Jonny needs to come up with a recursive formula for the sequence -2, 1, 4, 7, 10.  What should it look like?

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Question 1084041: Jonny needs to come up with a recursive formula for the sequence -2, 1, 4, 7, 10.  What should it look like?
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Arithmetic progression with the first term -2 and the common difference 3.

Your formula is = , n = 2, 3, 4, . . .


On arithmetic progressions, see introductory lessons
    - Arithmetic progressions
    - The proofs of the formulas for arithmetic progressions
    - Problems on arithmetic progressions
    - Word problems on arithmetic progressions
    - Solved problems on arithmetic progressions


Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
    - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Arithmetic progressions".


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