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Write the first five terms in the following sequences:$\text{a}_1=\text{a}_2=2,\text{a}_\text{n}=\text{a}_{\text{n}-1}-1,\text{n}>2$

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$\text{a}_1=\text{a}_2=2$ $\text{a}_\text{n}=\text{a}_{\text{n}-1}-1\ \text{n}>2$ $\Rightarrow\text{a}_3=\text{a}_{3-1}-1$ $=\text{a}_2-1$ $=2-1=1$ $\Rightarrow\text{a}_4=\text{a}_{4-1}-1$ $=\text{a}_3-1=1-1=0$ $\Rightarrow\text{a}_5=\text{a}_{5-1}-1$ $=0-1=-1$ $\therefore$ The first 5 terms of the sequence are 2, 2, 1, 0, -1

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