document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1022414>Question 1022414</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the first 5 terms of each sequence. show work please.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1). a1=1 , an=(a n-1)^2+1 . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2). a n=n^2-2n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #638398 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=638398\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can use a_{n} to represent <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_n\">, a_{n-1} to represent <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_{n-1}\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the first one, what it is saying is that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_n\"> (the nth term of the sequence) is the square of the previous term <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_{n-1}\">, plus 1:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_1 = 1\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_2 = a_1^2 + 1 = (1)^2 + 1 = 2\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_3 = a_2^2 + 1 = (2)^2 + 1 = 5\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_4 = a_3^2 + 1 = (5)^2 + 1 = 26\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_5 = a_4^2 + 1 = (26)^2 + 1 = 677\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second one says that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_n\"> is equal to the quantity <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large n^2 - 2n\">, for all integers <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large n \ge 1\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_1 = 1^2 - 2 \cdot 1 = -1\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_2 = 2^2 - 2 \cdot 2 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_3 = 3^2 - 2 \cdot 3 = 3\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_4 = 4^2 - 2 \cdot 4 = 8\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large a_5 = 5^2 - 2 \cdot 5 = 15\"> </SPAN>\n" );
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