Question

Write the first 6 terms of the sequence.
a1=3
an=n^2+1

Answer 1

a1=3;
a2= 2^2+1=5
a3=3^2+1=10
a4=4^2+1=17
a5=5^2+1=26
a6=6^2+1=37
and so on...

Answer 2

replace \(n\) by \(2\)
then replace \(n\) by \(3\) etc

Answer 3

@katherine.ok i don't understand why you did those steps?
like why is a1=3 there?

Answer 4

because you said a1= 3 yourself (perhaps it was because it was given in question)

Answer 5

yes, it was given in the question

Answer 6

@katherine.ok