Zina spends 1.5 hours setting up her sewing machine and making one hat. The total amount of time spent making hats can be represented by the sequence below.

1.5, 2.25, 3.0, 3.75, ...
Which recursive formula can be used to determine the total amount of time spent making hats based on the total amount of time spent previously?

Question

Zina spends 1.5 hours setting up her sewing machine and making one hat. The total amount of time spent making hats can be represented by the sequence below.

1.5, 2.25, 3.0, 3.75, ...
Which recursive formula can be used to determine the total amount of time spent making hats based on the total amount of time spent previously?

Mercury · Answer

We would need to see the answer choices to be able to answer this completely, but for now identify the common ratio by dividing the second term/first term, then find the appropriate recursive formula that starts with a1 = 1.5 and multiplies each consecutive term by the common ratio