Question

Find the first six terms of the sequence.

a1 = -3, an = 2 ● an-1

Answer 1

@Mertsj

Answer 2

do you know what sequence it is arithmetic or geometric?

Answer 3

nvm

Answer 4

do you mean:
\[a _{n}=2(a _{n-1})\]

Answer 5

yes @Mertsj

Answer 6

So that means if you want the second term, you should multiply the first term by 2

Answer 7

In other words:
\[a _{2}=2a _{2-1}=2a _{1}\]

Answer 8

so the first term is -3??? @Mertsj

Answer 9

The problem says that the first term is -3, yes.

Answer 10

ok...so from there i just need to add 2 to each new term??

Answer 11

ADD?????

Answer 12

multiply....sorry *embarrassed*

Answer 13

Yes. Multiply. So we have -3, -6, -12, ...

Answer 14

Yes that is one of my choices....Thanks for your help!! :)

Answer 15

yw