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Someone explain this to me! Help!

Someone explain this to me! Help!-example-1
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Answer:

D

Explanation:

an = 3/4 × an-1

let's see for n = 2

a2 = 3/4 × a1 = 3/4 × 4

n = 3

a3 = 3/4 × a2 = 3/4 × 3/4 × a1 = 3/4 × 3/4 × 4 = 9/16 × 4

so, we see, we multiply 3/4 one time less than n by itself and then by 4.

that makes D the correct answer.

the multiplication by (n - 1) in answer C would add 3/4 n-1 times instead of multiplying it n-1 times.

to apply n-1 multiplications we need to use n-1 as exponent.

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