2.2 Extra Practice
1)
a. Describe the patterns in words. Be as specific as you can
b. Determine a recursive formula for the number of objects in Figure n
c. Determine an explicit formula for the number of objects in Figure n
2)
a. Describe the patterns in words. Be as specific as you can
b. Determine a recursive formula for the number of objects in Figure n
c. Determine an explicit formula for the number of objects in Figure n
3)
a. Describe the patterns in words. Be as specific as you can
b. Determine a recursive formula for the number of objects in Figure n
c. Determine an explicit formula for the number of objects in Figure n
4)
a. Describe the patterns in words. Be as specific as you can
b. Determine a recursive formula for the number of objects in Figure n
c. Determine an explicit formula for the number of objects in Figure n
A recursive formula for a sequence identifies initial term(s)/number(s) in the sequence and then gives a rule for finding each subsequent term in the sequence using one or more previous terms.
A formula for the nth term of a sequence in which we may plug in the value of n to determine the nth term without using previous terms.