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Use the First and Second Differences of the First Five a1=0an=an1+8n\begin{array} { l } a _ { 1 } = 0 \\a _ { n } = a _ { n - 1 } + 8 n\end{array}

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Use the first and second differences of the first five terms of the given sequence to determine whether the sequence has a linear model, a quadratic model, or neither.
a1=0an=an1+8n\begin{array} { l } a _ { 1 } = 0 \\a _ { n } = a _ { n - 1 } + 8 n\end{array}


A) first differences: 1,2,3,41,2,3,4
second differences: 1,1,11,1,1
linear model

B) first differences: 8,24,56,1208,24,56,120
second differences: 16,32,6416,32,64
linear model

C) first differences: 8,16,32,648,16,32,64
second differences: 8,16,328,16,32
quadratic model

D) first differences: 8,24,56,1208,24,56,120
second differences: 16,32,6416,32,64
quadratic model

E) first differences: 8,16,32,648,16,32,64
second differences: 8,16,328,16,32
neither linear nor quadratic

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