Consider the sequence:

3, 8, 13, 18, 23,

the recursive formula for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 5

in a complete sentence, explain what an and an-1 represent in the formula. then find a8 . what do you need to know in order to find a8 ?

It is saturday morning and jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. since plumbers charge extra to come out on the weekends, jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. he places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. in half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full. what is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?