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Which recursive rule can be used to find the bth term of the sequence, an

Which recursive rule can be used to find the bth term of the sequence, an-example-1
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Answer:


A\text{ : a}_1\text{ = 9 , a}_n\text{ = a}_(n-1)\text{ + 6}

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to get the formula that could be used to represent the rule of the sequence

From the given terms:

4th term is 9 and the 5th term is 15

6th term is 21, 7th is 27 and 8th is 33

What this means is that the difference between each of the terms is 6

Hence, we add 6 to the current term to get the next term

Thus:


a_n\text{ = a}_(n-1)\text{ + 6}

Now, to get the first term, we can see that we are 3 differences away from the 3rd term

Hence, the value of the first term will be:


9-6(3)\text{ = -9}

Thus, we have the first term as -9

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