Assume That the Characteristic Equation for a Homogeneous Linear Recurrence $$\text { is } ( r - 5 ) ^ { 3 } = 0 \text {. }$$

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Assume that the characteristic equation for a homogeneous linear recurrence relation with constant coefficients $$\text { is } ( r - 5 ) ^ { 3 } = 0 \text {. }$$ Describe the form for the general solution to the recurrence relation.

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