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Revision as of 11:41, 13 October 2021
- The following problem is from both the 2004 AMC 12B #12 and 2004 AMC 10B #19, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
In the sequence ,
,
,
, each term after the third is found by subtracting the previous term from the sum of the two terms that precede that term. For example, the fourth term is
. What is the
term in this sequence?
Solution 1
We already know that ,
,
, and
. Let's compute the next few terms to get the idea how the sequence behaves. We get
,
,
, and so on.
We can now discover the following pattern: and
. This is easily proved by induction. It follows that
.
Solution 2
Note that the recurrence can be rewritten as
.
Hence we get that and also
From the values given in the problem statement we see that .
From we get that
.
From we get that
.
Following this pattern, we get .
Solution 3
Our recurrence is , so we get
, so
, so our formula for the recurrence is
.
Substituting our starting values gives us .
So,
See also
2004 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 11 |
Followed by Problem 13 |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
2004 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 18 |
Followed by Problem 20 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
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