Question

Write the first five terms of each of the following recursively defined sequences:

Answer 1

Answer:

See below in bold.

Step-by-step explanation:

a1 = x

a2 = 2(a1)^2 = 2x^2

a3 = 2(a2)^2 = 2(2x^2)2 = 2(4x^4) = 8x^4

a4 = 2(a3)^2 = 2(8x^4)^2 = 128x^8

a5 = 2(a4)^2 = 2(128x^8)^2 = 32768x^16.