(3x^2 - 2x)(x + 4)
<em><u>First step would be: distributive property.</u></em>
3x^3 + 12x^2 - 2x^2 - 8x
<em><u>Combine like terms.</u></em>
3x^3 + 10x^2 - 8x is the simplified form of the functions multiplied.
Your answer is D.
You can try to show this by induction:
• According to the given closed form, we have
, which agrees with the initial value <em>S</em>₁ = 1.
• Assume the closed form is correct for all <em>n</em> up to <em>n</em> = <em>k</em>. In particular, we assume

and

We want to then use this assumption to show the closed form is correct for <em>n</em> = <em>k</em> + 1, or

From the given recurrence, we know

so that






which is what we needed. QED
Answer: 9
Step-by-step explanation: