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Explain the difference between a recursive formula and an explicit formula in your own words.

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The main difference between recursive and explicit is that a recursive formula gives the value of a specific term based on the previous term while an explicit formula gives the value of a specific term based on the position. ... We can represent an arithmetic sequence using a formula.

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