Given the Recursive Formula:
a1 = -8
a6 = an + 5
What is the common difference?
What is the initial term?
What term is this formula solving for?
what should be in place of the n?
Answer choices
-8, 6, 5, 4
The common difference is the difference between consecutive terms in the sequence. In this case, the common difference is 5. (Option 3: 5)
The initial term, also known as the first term, is the value of the sequence when n is equal to 1. In this case, the initial term is -8. (Option 1: -8)
The formula is solving for the nth term in the sequence. (Option 4: 4)
In place of the n, the variable that represents the position in the sequence, there should be a specific value. It could be any positive integer that corresponds to a term in the sequence. (None of the given answer choices)