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What are the the first five terms of the recursive sequence?aₙ = 3aₙ₋₁-6 where a₁ = 7

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Calculating the first five terms of the sequence,


\begin{gathered} a_1=7 \\ a_2=3a_1-6=15 \\ a_3=3a_2-6=39 \\ a_4=3a_3-6=111 \\ a_5=3a_4-6=327 \end{gathered}

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