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What are the first five terms of the sequence given by the formula an = 4n + 1?

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Answer:

5,9,13,17,21

Explanation:

We can the values in "n"

a(1)=4(1)+1

a(1)=5

a(2)=4(2)+1

a(2)=9

a(3)=4(3)+1

a(3)=13

a(4)=4(4)+1

a(4)=17

a(5)=4(5)+1

a(5)=21

As you can see, each value consecutively increases by 4, this is also known as the common difference (d).

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