Find the first six terms of the sequence.

Question

a1 = -8, an = 5 • an-1

Answer 1

Given that

Take

We know that

Therefore r = 5 and a1 = -8

Therefore the first 6 terms in the sequence is a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 , a5 , a6

-8 , -40 , -200 , -1000 , -5000 , -25000