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Can you guys help me and write a recursive formula for a general term in the sequence,

Sequence is; 2,4,8,16,32

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Yes, the recursive formula for the sequence {2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ...} is:

a(1) = 2

a(n) = 2 * a(n-1)

This formula states that the first term in the sequence is 2, and every subsequent term is equal to twice the previous term. For example:

a(2) = 2 * a(1) = 2 * 2 = 4

a(3) = 2 * a(2) = 2 * 4 = 8

a(4) = 2 * a(3) = 2 * 8 = 16

a(5) = 2 * a(4) = 2 * 16 = 32

And so on.

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