Question

Write the first four terms of the sequence whose nth term is given by the formula.

an = n − 5/n



a1 =


a2 =

a3 =

a4 = .

Answer 1

a(1) = 1 - 5/1 = -4
a(2) = 2 - 5/2 = -0.5
a(3) = 3 - 5/3 = 1.333
a(4) = 4 - 5/4 = 2.75

just plug in each term number to n