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

question 11

Multiple Choice

State an explicit rule for the nth term of the recursively-defined sequence.
- $$a _ { n } = 8 \cdot a _ { n - 1 } ; a _ { 1 } = 2$$

• A) \(a _ { n } = 2 \cdot 8 ^ { n - 1 }\)
• B) \(a _ { n } = 2 \cdot 8 ^ { n }\)
• C) \(a _ { n } = 8 \cdot 2 ^ { n }\)
• D) \(a _ { n } = 8 \cdot 2 ^ { n - 1 }\)

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