Question

Find the first 5 terms of the sequence: a1 = 2, an = -3an-1

Answer 1

Is your expression for an given in terms of an? Or is it \[a_n = -3*a_1*n-1\]

Answer 2

That right there is the whole question. That's all it says. The choices are A- 2, 6, 18, 54, 162 B-2, -6, 18, -54, 162 C- -2, -6, -18, -54, -162 and D- -2, 6, -18, 54, -162

Answer 3

I'm asking because the value of the nth term is defined as \[a_n = a_1 + (n-1)d\]I'm asking you to clarify what you have for a_n