Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.1 - Sequences and Summation Notation - Exercise Set - Page 1051: 101

Answer

$9, 32, 16, 8, 4$

Work Step by Step

Here, $a_1=9$ ; odd term Thus, $a_2=3 \times 9 +5=32$ and $a_2=32$ ; Even term Thus, $a_3=\dfrac{32}{2}=16$ In the similar way, we have $a_4=\dfrac{16}{2}=8$ and $a_5=\dfrac{8}{2}=4$ Hence, the first five terms of the sequence are $9, 32, 16, 8, 4$
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