document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1200957>Question 1200957</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider a population that grows according to the recursive rule<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ln+1=Ln+36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "With an initial population L0=2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the next five terms in the sequence:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L1=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L2=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L3=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L4=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L5=\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(PLEASE HELP!) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The recursive rule is<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This says the (n+1)th term in the sequence is equal to the (n)th term plus 36.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In normal language, you find the next term of the sequence by adding 36 to the current term.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "We are given that L(0) is 2 -- that is, the \"zero-th\" term of the sequence is 2.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, using the recursive rule, the next (1st) term is 2+36 = 38.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And then the next (2nd) term is 38+36 = 74.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It should be clear how to proceed to finish answering the question.<br><BR>\n" );
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