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Warm Up:
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Recursive Sequences
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The Pell numbers can be defined recursively by the formula:
p(n)=2p(n-1)+p(n-2). If p(1)=0, and p(2)=1, then what is the value of p(6)?
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Recursive Sequence Practice:
1) Find the first four terms of the recursive sequence defined below.
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2) Find the third term in the recursive sequence , where .
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Find the first four terms of the sequence defined by a1=½ and an+1=1-an
If f(1)=3 and f(n)=-2f(n-1), then what is the value of f(5)?
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Use the recursive sequence defined below to express the next three terms as
fractions reduced to lowest terms.
a1=2
an=3(an-1)-2
If a sequence is defined recursively by f(0)-2 and f(n+1)=-2f(n)+3 for n≥0, then
what is the value of f(2)?
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Homework: worksheet
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