Problem

Find a possible formula for the general nth  term of the sequence that begins as follows. Please simplify your solution.
4,16,64,256,1024,

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an=44(n1) is the general nth term of the sequence.

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Step 1 :The given sequence appears to be a geometric sequence, where each term is multiplied by a constant to get the next term.

Step 2 :To find the general nth term of a geometric sequence, we can use the formula: an=a1r(n1) where: an is the nth term of the sequence, a1 is the first term of the sequence, r is the common ratio (the constant that each term is multiplied by to get the next term), and n is the term number.

Step 3 :From the given sequence, we can see that the first term a1 is 4, and the common ratio r is 4 (since each term is 4 times the previous term).

Step 4 :So, we can substitute these values into the formula to find the general nth term of the sequence.

Step 5 :an=44(n1) is the general nth term of the sequence.

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