document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=349594>Question 349594</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me to find the first five terms of the following recursively defined infinite sequence.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a1=2         (1 represents the input value of term number) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ak+1=3ak-5   (k+1,k represents the input value of term number)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TQ. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a1=2 (1 represents the input value of term number) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "ak+1=3ak-5 (k+1,k represents the input value of term number) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1st: 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: 3*2-5 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd: 3*1-5 = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4th: 3*-2-5 = -11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5th: 3*-11-5 = -38<BR>\n" );
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