Question

Complete the recursive formula of the arithmetic sequence -17, -8, 1, 10,... a(1)= a(n)=a(n-1)+

Answer 1

To find a(1), simply look at the first term, which is -17. This gives a starting point for the recursive formula.

Then, we want to write the recursive formula as a(n) = a(n - 1) + c, where c is the number you add to a term to get the next term. You can see from the values given that you are adding 9 to each term to get the next one, so the recursive formula would be a(n) = a(n - 1) + 9.