digitalmaster287
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Does anyone know if there are any real world applications to a sequence where each number is equal to the preceding number multiplied by something and then added to something?
Like, for example:
1, 3, 11, 43...
In the above, each number is multiplied by 4 and then subtracted by 1 to get the next number
4, 6, 10, 18
In that one, each number is multiplied by 2 and then subtracted by 2
Also, are there any real world applications for the sum of this sequence?
I was just wondering this because I have to write a paper in Math where I could pick the topic and I need to find out an application of this sequence if I am to do my paper on it. I already have the proof for the nth term and the sum of this worked out, it's just that I need to find something that it would be useful for.
Like, for example:
1, 3, 11, 43...
In the above, each number is multiplied by 4 and then subtracted by 1 to get the next number
4, 6, 10, 18
In that one, each number is multiplied by 2 and then subtracted by 2
Also, are there any real world applications for the sum of this sequence?
I was just wondering this because I have to write a paper in Math where I could pick the topic and I need to find out an application of this sequence if I am to do my paper on it. I already have the proof for the nth term and the sum of this worked out, it's just that I need to find something that it would be useful for.