The solution for the problem is: I will first get the first five terms so that I could easily locate the third term of this problem:So, substituting the values: T(1) = 1^2 = 1T(2) = 2^2 = 4T(3) = 3^2 = 9T(4) = 4^2 = 16T(5) = 5^2 =25 So the third terms is T(3) = 3^2 = 9