Problema Solution

Write the first five terms in the sequence.

a1 = 0

an = 2(an-1)-3

NOTE: the 1 on a1 is in subscript, and the n on an is subscript. the n-1 for the (an-1) is also in subscript with the a being normal size and not subscripted.

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a1 = 0

an = 2(an-1)-3

 

a1 = 0

a2 = -3

a3 = -9

a4 = -21

a5 = -45