SOLUTION: use the following recursive formula to write the first five terms of the sequence.. t1=2, tn=2(tn-1)+3 how do i do this??

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Question 415544: use the following recursive formula to write the first five terms of the sequence.. t1=2, tn=2(tn-1)+3 how do i do this??
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We have and the initial condition . To find , just replace n with 2 in the first equation, i.e.

(since we already have )

Repeat the same process to find through .

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