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Vinil7 [7]
2 years ago
12

Write a RECURSIVE and EXPLICIT model for the following geometric sequence. 2, 8, 32, 128, 512, ...

Mathematics
1 answer:
OLEGan [10]2 years ago
3 0
<h3>Answers:</h3>

The recursive model is \begin{cases}a_1 = 2\\a_{n} = 4*a_{n-1}\end{cases}

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The explicit model is a_n = 2(4)^{n-1}

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Explanation:

Finding the recursive model

The starting term of this geometric sequence is 2. We would write a_1 = 2. The small subscript 1 indicates the term number, while 2 is the term itself.

The second term is a_2 = 8

The third term is a_3 = 32

and so on. Pick any term you want that isn't the first term. Divide that term you picked over its previous term. So say you picked the third term. Divide that over the second term to get

(third term)/(second term) = 32/8 = 4

or you could do fourth over third

(fourth term)/(third term) = 128/32 = 4

Each time you do this, you should get 4 as a result. This is the common ratio. We multiply each term by 4 to get the next term.

So the recursive step is a_{n} = 4*a_{n-1} which says "the nth term a_n is found by multiplying the prior term a_{n-1} by 4". The entire "n-1" is a subscript to show it is the term just before the nth term.

Overall we have a_1 = 2 as the first term and the recursive rule a_n = 4*a_{n-1} both of which combine to get the recursive model \begin{cases}a_1 = 2\\a_{n} = 4*a_{n-1}\end{cases}

That just says "start at 2, multiply each term by 4 to get the next one"

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Finding the explicit model

We have a = 2 as the first term and r = 4 as the common ratio. Plug those into the nth term of a geometric sequence formula as shown below

a_n = a*(r)^{n-1}\\\\a_n = 2(4)^{n-1}

and that's all there is to it.

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