Question

Here is a rule to make a sequence. The next term is 4 less than 3 times the previous term. .Starting with the initial term of 10, build a sequence of 5 numbers.

Answer 1

So the sequence of the five numbers are;

10,26,74,218,650

Explanation:

In this question, we are interested in building a sequence of 5 numbers given the initial term.

Okay, to build this sequence, we will need to look at the rule that guides the building of the new sequence:

The rule is that the next term is 4 less than 3 times the previous term.

Okay, let’s call the next term y, while the previous term is x.

Following what was specified in the question;

y = 3x -4

Recall; the next term(y) is 4 less (-4) than 3 times (3 multiplied by) the previous term (x)

So let’s start with the initial term of 10.

The next term will be;

y = 3(10) -4 = 30-4 = 26

The next term after 26 will be ;

y = 3(26) -4 = 78-4 = 74

The next term after 74 will be;

y = 3(74) -4 = 222-4 = 218

The next term after 218 will be;

y = 3(218) -4 = 650