Question

What are the first five terms of the sequence given by the formula an=4n+1

Answer 1

What is n initialized to?

Answer 2

put \(n=-1\) get \(4\times 1+1=5\)
then put \(n=2\) and so on

Answer 3

Take the formula an=4n+1 Plug in the subscript n as 1,2,3,4 to find the sequence
a(1)=4(1)+1= 5
a(2)=4(2)+1= 9
a(3)=4(3)+1= 13 so on...

Answer 4

Understand, any q's?

Answer 5

So then, your first term is 5,9,13, ... Get it :)

Answer 6

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