Question

A(n) ____ consists of equations that state what a value is for one or more base cases and one or more recursive cases.

Answer 1

recursive formula.

Example:
`a_1 = 3, a_(n+1) = a_n + 5`

generates a sequence of numbers 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, ...

The formula says (1) the first term is 3, and (2) to get the next term, add 5 to the previous term.