Question

Find the first six terms of the sequence.
a1 = 1, an = 4 • an-1

Answer 1

@Mertsj

Answer 2

\[a _{1}=1, a _{n}=4(a _{n}-1)\]

Answer 3

Is that right?

Answer 4

\[4*a _{n-1}\]

Answer 5

The rest is correct.

Answer 6

So the nth term is 4 times the previous term.

Answer 7

Yes.

Answer 8

So I guess it's a geometric sequence and the common ratio is 4

Answer 9

Oh, I see. For some reason, my mind suddenly got stuck there.

Answer 10

Is it: 1, 4, 16, 64, 256, 1024 ?

Answer 11

I'd say so.