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To find the first four terms of the sequence whose $\"n%5Eth\"$ term (meaning the term number n) is given by
\n" ); document.write( " $\"a%5Bn%5D=3n\"$
\n" ); document.write( "we simply substitute the first four counting numbers for $\"n\"$ in that formula.
\n" ); document.write( "By \"counting numbers, I mean 1, 2, 3, ....., and the first four are 1, 2, 3, and 4.
\n" ); document.write( "For $\"n=1\"$ , we have
\n" ); document.write( " $\"a%5B1%5D=3%2A1=highlight%283%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "For $\"n=2\"$ , we have
\n" ); document.write( " $\"a%5B2%5D=3%2A2=highlight%286%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "For $\"n=3\"$ , we have
\n" ); document.write( " $\"a%5B3%5D=3%2A3=highlight%289%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "For $\"n=4\"$ , we have
\n" ); document.write( " $\"a%5B4%5D=3%2A4=highlight%2812%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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