SOLUTION: to find the first 3 terms of the Recursively defined sequence:
a1=5 , an=2a n-1
for the answer I got 5,10,20...
is this correct?
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Question 149448: to find the first 3 terms of the Recursively defined sequence:
a1=5 , an=2a n-1
for the answer I got 5,10,20...
is this correct?
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes, you are correct.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since , this means that...
when n=2, then
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when n=3, then
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So the sequence is 5,10,20. So you are correct.
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