document.write( "Question 1196635: The table below shows the length of a side of a square garden and the perimeter of the garden(I already posted this question, but I didn’t include the full question because I thought I could solve that piece myself(also, thank you evatrrr).
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document.write( "    Find a recursive formula for sequence 4, 8, 12, 16, 20.\r\n" );
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