Question

I Need Someone to Just Explain to me How to Solve a Reclusive Formula and an Explicit Formula, maybe even give me pure English Definitions?

Answer 1

For example, I know that a reclusive formula would be:
F(1) = 35, f(n) = f(1) + f(n – 1) for n > 1 but how do you solve it?

I know that explicit formulas are:
F(n) = 35n
I think I know how to solve that...

Answer 2

@mathstudent55 @campbell_st @Firejay5 @agen0smith @DSS @savannaxx_ @Luigi0210 @DebbieG

Answer 3

@agent0smith

Answer 4

Not sure what you mean by "solve it"... the recursive formula gives you a way to find a term, given the previous term.

Answer 5

Oh...well. Hmm...let me see the instructions. Well, this one asks: b) Use the recursive formula to make a table of values for 1 ≤ n ≤ 5. Show your calculations

Answer 6

@agent0smith the reclusive formula is F(1) = 35, f(n) = f(1) + f(n – 1) for n > 1

Answer 7

The formula is recursive, not reclusive (although generally, it's true that formulas don't get out much.... lol ;)

So you need the values of f(n) for n=1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

You have f(1)=35

Now use the formula to get f(2):
f(n) = f(1) + f(n – 1)
f(2)= f(1) + f(2 – 1)= f(1) + f(1)=35 + 35 = 70

Now do the same thing for n=3, 4, and 5. There are your values.