Question

What are the first five terms of the sequence given by the formula an = 4n + 1?

Answer 1

Answer:

5,9,13,17,21

Step-by-step explanation:

We can the values in "n"

a(1)=4(1)+1

a(1)=5

a(2)=4(2)+1

a(2)=9

a(3)=4(3)+1

a(3)=13

a(4)=4(4)+1

a(4)=17

a(5)=4(5)+1

a(5)=21

As you can see, each value consecutively increases by 4, this is also known as the common difference (d).