SOLUTION: a(subscript n)= -4*(-6)^n-1 I am supposed to find the first five terms, but I don't even know where to begin. It'd be a lot of help if you could explain it to me and how the an

Question 453947: a(subscript n)= -4*(-6)^n-1
I am supposed to find the first five terms, but I don't even know where to begin. It'd be a lot of help if you could explain it to me and how the answer was found. Thank you so much!
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Replace n with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and do the arithmetic.

For example, if you are trying to describe the sequence

, then

You can try the rest.
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