a)clara believes the sequence 3,9,27,81,243 is arithmetic. Do you agree with clara?Explain your reasoning.

b) write a recursive rule for the sequence?

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This is NOT an arithmetic sequence because there is no common difference.  It is a geometric sequence because there is a common ratio.  Meaning that each term is a constant ratio or multiple of the previous term.  The recursive rule for this geometric sequence is:

a(n)=3*a(n-1), a(1)=3