document.write( "Question 175097This question is from textbook Saxon Math Course 3
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Use this recursive formula to find the first four terms of the sequence.\r
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document.write( "You made a typo. You typed an equal sign \r\n" );
document.write( "when you should have typed either a plus +\r\n" );
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document.write( "If the second equal sign was supposed to be a +, and you meant\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then for \"n=1\", you just put down \"a%5B1%5D=4\" from the first equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then for \"n=2\" you have \"a%5B2%5D+=+a%5B2-1%5D%2B3+=+a%5B1%5D%2B3+=+4%2B3+=+7\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then for \"n=3\" you have \"a%5B3%5D+=+a%5B3-1%5D%2B3+=+a%5B2%5D%2B3+=+7%2B3+=+10\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then for \"n=4\" you have \"a%5B4%5D+=+a%5B4-1%5D%2B3+=+a%5B3%5D%2B3+=+10%2B3+=+13\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "First four terms are 4,7,10,13\r\n" );
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document.write( "If the second equal sign was supposed to be a -, and you meant\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then for \"n=1\", you just put down \"a%5B1%5D=4\" from the first equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then for \"n=2\" you have \"a%5B2%5D+=+a%5B2-1%5D-3+=+a%5B1%5D-3+=+4-3+=+1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then for \"n=3\" you have \"a%5B3%5D+=+a%5B3-1%5D-3+=+a%5B2%5D-3+=+1-3+=+-2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then for \"n=4\" you have \"a%5B4%5D+=+a%5B4-1%5D-3+=+a%5B3%5D-3+=+-2-3+=+-5\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "First four terms are 4,1,-2,-5\r\n" );
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