The recurrence relation for the Tower of Hanoi sequence is = + 1 for each integer k ≥ 2. Some of its initial values are = 1, = 3, and = 7. Use the recurrence relation and the given initial values to compute and .

Adaylily farm sells a portion of their daylilies and allows a portion to grow and divide. the recursive formula an=1.5(an-1)-100 represents the number of daylilies, a, after n years. after the fifth year, the farmers estimate they have 2225 daylilies. how many daylilies were on the farm after the first year?

Set up and solve a proportion for the following application problem. if 55 pounds of grass seed cover 404 square feet, how many pounds are needed for 7272 square feet?

In a newspaper, it was reported that yearly robberies in springfield were up 25% to 265 in 2013 from 2012. how many robberies were there in springfield in 2012?