Agroup of students is arranging squares into layers to create a project. the first layer has 5 squares. the second layer has 10 squares. which formula represents arithmetic explicit formula to determine the number of squares in each layer?
a. a1 = 5; an = 5 ⋅ an − 1, n > 0
b. a1 = 5; an = 5 ⋅ an + 1, n > 0
c. a1 = 5; an = 5 + an − 1, n > 0
d. a1 = 5; an = 5 + an + 1, n > 0

Explanation:

All the shown formulae in the choice list are recursive formulae instead of explicit formulae.

Explicit formulae that represent arithmetic sequences are of the form:

That kind of formula permits to determine any term knowing the first term, the number of the term searched, and the common difference (d).

On the other hand, the recursive formulae let you to calculate one term knowing the previous term and the difference.

In this case, the difference in the number of squares of two consecutive terms is:

Then, the recursive formula is:

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step-by-step explanation:

on monday rodney ate 1/4th of the sandwich = 3/12

on tuesday he ate 1/3rd of the sandwich = 4/12

therefore in total he has eaten = 3/12 + 4/12 = 7/12

thus we can say that he has eaten 7/12 of the sandwich on monday and tuesday alltogether.

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