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3 years ago

What does the f(n - 1) represent?

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leonid [27]3 years ago

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I'm assuming that you are talking about sequences <3

In the context of a recursive formula where we have "n-1" in sub-index of "a", you can think of "a" as the previous term in the sequence. In the context of an explicit formula like "-5+2(n-1)" "n-1" represents how many times we need to add 2 to the first term to get the nth term.

Dw if you don't understand, sequences and functions isn't an easy topic

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