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1) Thetermtotermruleofasequenceis un+1=
2u(n)
a) IfU1 =2,findthevaluesofthenextthreetermsinthesequence.

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b)Writedownthevalueofu50.

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2)Thepatternbelowaremadeupofgreyandwhitesquares.

a) Findanexpressionforthenumberofgreysquaresinthenthpattern.

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b) Gilesmakestwoconsecutivepatternsinthesequence.

Heuses414greysquaresintotal.Which2patternshashemade?

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c)Findanexpressionforthetotalnumberofsquaresinthenthpattern.

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3)Simplifythecalculationbelowasmuchaspossible.

2a 8 (a a) 2a 8
(a a) 9 (a a) +5a + 6 (2a2 -a-15)

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