Mathematical Excursions (MindTap Course List)
Mathematical Excursions (MindTap Course List)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781305965584
Author: Richard N. Aufmann, Joanne Lockwood, Richard D. Nation, Daniel K. Clegg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1.2, Problem 26ES

The nth-term formula

a n = n ( n 1 ) ( n 2 ) ( n 3 ) ( n 4 ) 4 3 2 1 + 2 n generates 2, 4, 6, 8, 15 for n =  1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 . Make minor changes m to above formula to produce an nth-term formula (with n =  l ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  and 5

) that will generate the following finite sequences.

a. 2, 4, 6, 8, 20

b. 2, 4, 6, 8, 30

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Mathematical Excursions (MindTap Course List)

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