document.write( "Question 1202469: The 3rd term of a geometric sequence is 36, and the 6th term is 9/2. What is the recursive formula for the sequence? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "    |  A recursive formula is a formula that defines               |\r\n" );
document.write( "    |  any term of a sequence in terms of its preceding term(s).   |\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem, the recursive formula is \r\n" );
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document.write( "     = ,   = 144,  n = 1, 2, 3, . . . \r\n" );
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