Answer: Choice D

This basically says "the nth term is found by computing math, aka evaluating some function, based on the (n-1)th term".
As an example, we could have a function that simply squares the input
Let's say we started at 5. It squares to 25 which in turns squares to 625, and so on. Each new term is based on the old term. Namely, we squared the old n-1 term to get the new nth term.
The area would be 144cm^2.
In order to find the area, we need to know the length of the rectangle. We can find that using the perimeter formula.
2l + 2w = P
2l + 2(36) = 80
2l + 72 = 80
2l = 8
l = 4
So now that we know the length is 4, we can find the area using that formula.
A = lw
A = (4)(36)
A = 144
-9, it is between -2 and -10 and it is the least possible integer
we are given

Firstly , we can distribute

now, we can combine like terms


now, we can solve for x
and we get
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