1. Arithmetic Sequence- Recursive Forms
    2. I. Here is an arithmetic sequence
    3. II. Here is another arithmetic sequence
    4. Arithmetic Sequence- Explicit Form





    Arithmetic Sequence- Recursive Forms

     





    I. Here is an arithmetic sequence

               

    1st term  2nd term  3rd term  4th term  5th term

    6     10     14     18     22   ………

     

    What is the starting number?                       What is added each time?

     

    2nd term = 1st term + _______

     

    3rd term = 2nd term + _______

     

    4th term = 3rd term + _______

     

    These are all examples of recursive rules. How are these statements alike?

     

     

     

     

    Sometimes recursive rules use a symbol to designate the terms. U1 may stand for the first term and the above statement would look like this-

     

    U2 = U1 + 6

     

    Write the other two statements in this form-

     

     

     





    II. Here is another arithmetic sequence

     

    19, 28, 37, 46, 55, 64, 73 …

     

    Write recursive rules for the first 5 terms:

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    III. Sam said, “ Recursive rules work fine if I know the 9th term and I need to know the 10th or 11th term, but there is a problem when I know the 1st term and I need to know the 100th.” Explain Sam’s statement.

     

     

     





    Arithmetic Sequence- Explicit Form

     

    In recursive form you can easily find the next term when you know the term before it, but in explicit form you can find any term if you know the first term.

     

    I. Here is a sequence:    3, 15, 27, 39, 51, 63, 75

     

    The explicit formula for this sequence is un= 12n - 9

     

    - to find the 1st term, I substitute 1 for n and evaluate 12 times 1 minus 9  = 3      

     
    A) use the formula to find the 4th term-
     


     

     
    b) use the formula to find the 7th term-
     


     

     

    c) could the formula work to find any term?

     

     

     

    II. Here is an explicit formula for another sequence: un= 2n + 6

     

     
    a) find the first five terms of this sequence ____, ____, ____, ____, ____
     


     
    b) what type of sequence is this?
     


     

     

    III To find the third term of this sequence, I take the 2nd term and multiply by 5.

     
    a) What kind of sequence am I talking about? How do you know?
     


     

     

    b) Is this a recursive statement or an explicit statement? Why?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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