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Given the recursive formula shown, what are the first 4 terms of the sequence? image Question 19 options: A) 5, 20, 80, 320 B) 5, 25, 100, 400 C) 5, 25, 125, 625 D) 5, 14, 60, 236

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Answer:

B) 5, 20, 80, 320

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B) 5, 20, 80, 320

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Given the recursive formula shown, what are the first 4 terms of the sequence?

f(1) = 5 if n=1

f(n) = 4f(n-1) if n> 1

A) 5. 25, 100, 400

B) 5, 20, 80, 320

C) 5, 25, 125, 625

D) 5. 14, 60, 236

Get f(2)

f(2) = 4f(2-1)

f(2) = 4f(1)

f(2) = 4(5)

f(2) = 20

Get f(3)

f(3) = 4f(3-1)

f(3) = 4f(2)

f(3) = 4(20)

f(3) = 80

Get f(4)

f(4) = 4f(4-1)

f(4) = 4f(3)

f(4) = 4(80)

f(4) = 320

Hence the first 4 terms of the sequence are 5, 20, 80 and 320

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