Shaunta is developing a recursive formula to represent an arithmetic sequence in which 5 is added to each term to determine each successive term. Which formula could represent her sequence?

In an arithmetic sequence, each new term is found by adding the common difference to the previous term. Since 5 is added each time, the rule is f(n + 1) = f(n) + 5. This is choice A; choice C would multiply each term by 5 instead.

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