Explicit and Recursive Applications
At a business office, 5 employees were sick with the
flu on the one week. During the second week 8
employees had the flu. By the third week there were
13 employees sick with the flu. The office clerk
noticed that the number of employees getting sick
was growing exponentially with a growth factor of
1.6' for at least 8 weeks.
week #1 week #2 week #3
week #6
8 I 13
Write an explicit definition showing the number of sick employees each week.
) W, = 5+ 1.6
w = 5 (1 6n)
Ow=5+(12-1) 1.6
w = 5. (1.6) 2-1