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  1. November 21st 2009, 11:53 AM #1
    erinneedshelp
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    Recurrsive Definitions

    Can you help me give a recursive definition with initial condition(s) for the sequence
    a 1 = 16, a 2 = 12, a 3 = 8, a 4 = 4
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  2. November 21st 2009, 11:56 AM #2
    r0r0trog
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    a0 = 20
    ai = a(i-1) - 4
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