Given: an=3+an−1 and a1=5 What is the explicit rule for the arithmetic sequence?
an=−3n+2
an=3n+2
an=5n+3
an=2n+3
Let's list the first few terms....
5 , 8, 11, 14....
So....the rule is
an = 3n + 2
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