Each term is the product of the common ratio and the previous term. This makes the common ratio 13. Notice that for the explicit formula you can find a term directly without knowing the previous term.
Given the first several terms of a geometric sequence write its recursive formula.
An 1 5n 1 for n 1 Expert answeredIshmPoints 26666 User. The recursive formula for a geometric sequence with common ratio r r and first term a1 a 1 is an ran1n 2 a n r a n 1 n 2 How To. Term n 3 n - 1 10 3n 7. Through recursive formulas we can solve many mathematical problems related to geometric sequences.