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what are the first four terms of the sequence defined recursively below?
a1=5
an=(-1)^n+3an-1+2
a. 5, 16, 51, 154
b. 5, 18, 16, 18
c. 5, 16, 49, 148
d. 5, 18, 55, 168

In a test for esp (extrasensory perception), a subject is told that cards only the experimenter can see contain either a star, a circle, a wave, or a square. as the experimenter looks at each of 20 cards in turn, the subject names the shape on the card. a subject who is just guessing has probability 0.25 of guessing correctly on each card. a. the count of correct guesses in 20 cards has a binomial distribution. what are n and p? b. what is the mean number of correct guesses in 20 cards for subjects who are just guessing? c. what is the probability of exactly 5 correct guesses in 20 cards if a subject is just guessing?

Suppose the equation ||x-a|-b|=2008 has 3 distinct real roots and a not =0. find the value of b.

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