State an Explicit Rule for the Nth Term of the Recursively-Defined

question 64

Multiple Choice

State an explicit rule for the nth term of the recursively-defined sequence.
- $$a _ { n } = a _ { n - 1 } - 10 ; a _ { 1 } = 1$$

• A) \(a _ { n } = 10 - 1 ( n )\)
• B) \(a _ { n } = 1 - 10 ( n - 1 )\)
• C) \(a _ { n } = 1 - 10 ( n )\)
• D) \(a _ { n } = 10 - 1 ( n - 1 )\)

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