document.write( "Question 1168274: what is the first five terms and 50th term of this sequence.
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document.write( "In this problem, you are given a recurrent formula to calculate next term of the sequence\r\n" );
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document.write( "using its previous step.  You also are given the first term.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, to get the second term, simply substitute first term a1 = 3 into the formula\r\n" );
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document.write( "    a2 = 2*3 + 5 = 6 + 5 = 11.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To get the third term, substitute the second term a2 = 11 into the formula\r\n" );
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document.write( "    a3 = 2*11 + 5 =22 + 5 = 27.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Continue doing this way until you will get a5.\r\n" );
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