Consider the following recurrence relations. Make a table with at least ten terms and determine a plausible limit of the sequence or state that the sequence diverges. an + 1 = √(8an + 9); a1 = 10

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Consider the following recurrence relations. Make a table with at least ten terms and determine a plausible limit of the sequence or state that the sequence diverges.

an + 1 = √(8an + 9); a1 = 10

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