Texas Instruments TI-83 Manual page 69

Graphing calculator, manual to accompany precalculus graphing and data analysis

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Select 4: !. You now see the following on your HOME screen:

To obtain the result press ENTER.

EXAMPLE 7

Use a graphing utility to write down the first five terms of the following recursively

defined sequence.

SOLUTION

We put the TI83 in sequence mode. Press Y= so we can enter the recursive formula. The

only difference between this function and the one from Example 2, is that this function is

recursive. We enter u(n) by putting the cursor on u(n)=. Press 4 u ( n - 1 ) The

u seen in the formula is a 2

Using a Graphing Utility to Write the Terms of a Recursively

Defined Sequence

function above 7 on the keyboard. See Figure 8(a).

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