SOLUTION: what is the explicit function and the recursive formula for the terms 2000, 2120, 2247.20, 2382.03,....

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Question 459982: what is the explicit function and the recursive formula for the terms 2000, 2120, 2247.20, 2382.03,....
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sequence is geometric with common ratio 1.06.

(because a_1 = 2000)

As a recursive formula, we can define it this way:

with a_1 = 2000.

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