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5. Recursion and Iteration
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Exercise 8 Page 695

Use the initial value as the input of a function rule. This will give us the first output value.

42, 212, 1062

Practice makes perfect
We are asked to write the first three iterates of a function, given a function rule and an initial value.

x_0&=8 f(x)& = 5x+2 To do so, we will use a table.

n x_n f(x) = 5x+2 x_(n+1)
0 x_0= 8 5 x_0+2=5( 8)+2 42
1 x_1= 42 5 x_1+2=5( 42)+2 212
2 x_2= 212 5 x_2+2=5( 212)+2 1062
3 x_3= 1062 - -

Therefore, the first three iterates of the functions are 42, 212 and 1062.