document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=51963>Question 51963</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the first five terms of the sequence in which a1=4 and an+1=3an+5, n is grater than or equal to 1.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a(1)=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a(2)=3(4)+5=17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a(3)=3(17)+5=56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a(4)=3(56)+5=173<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a(5)=I'll leave it to you.<BR>\n" );
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