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Monette began heating a liquid with a starting temperature of 62.5°F. The temperature increased by 5° per minute.

What is the recursive rule that represents this situation?\
an=
a1=

User Busayo
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Greetings!

Answer:

an = 65 + 5
_(n - 1)

a1 = 65

Explanation:

If the begining value is 65, then a1 has to be itL

a1 = 65

Then, if this amount increased every minute then 5 has to be added to this value each time:

an = 65 + 5

But this means that 5 is added to 65 every time with no increase, so the five must me multiplied by the n value:

an = 65 + 5
_(n)

a2 = 65 + 10 = 75

But this value should be 70 because it is the first point after 65 so it should be +5 not +10

To do this we can simply subtract one from the n value that is being multiplied by 5:

an = 65 + 5
_(n - 1)

Which is the recursive rule!


Hope this helps!



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