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Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016

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6. Recursively Defined Sequences

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Exercise 13 Page 316

Can you find the common ratio and the first term just by looking at the explicit formula?

$a_{n} = 4 a_{n - 1}; a_{1} = - 2.5$

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The explicit formula of a geometric sequence combines the information provided by the two equations of the recursive form into a single equation.

Recursive : Explicit : a_{n} = r \cdot a_{n - 1}; a_{1} = a_{1} a_{n} = a_{1} r^{n - 1}

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Communicate Your Answer p.313

Monitoring Progress p.315-317

Exercises p.318-320