document.write( "Question 1085313: Find the first five terms of the sequence given the following recursive formula: a1=8, and an=10-3an-1, for n_>2 \n" ); document.write( "

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We start with the first term (a1 = 8). To get the second term we plug it into the generating formula an = 10-3*(a(n-1)) which basically says \"current term = 10 minus 3*(previous term)\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The rest of the terms are generated in a similar manner. They depend on the previous term. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So this is what the first five terms will look like:
\n" ); document.write( "a1 = 8
\n" ); document.write( "a2 = 10-3*(a1) = 10-3*(8) = -14
\n" ); document.write( "a3 = 10-3*(a2) = 10-3*(-14) = 52
\n" ); document.write( "a4 = 10-3*(a3) = 10-3*(52) = -146
\n" ); document.write( "a5 = 10-3*(a4) = 10-3*(-146) = 448\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The first five terms of the sequence are 8, -14, 52, -146, 448 \n" ); document.write( "

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