The first term of a sequence of positive integers is 6. The other terms in the sequence follow these rules:
if a term is even then divide it by 2 to obtain the next term;if a term is odd then multiply it by 5 and subtract 1 to obtain the next term.
For which values of is the th term equal to ? (e.g. if the 3rd term was 3, this would be a match)
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10 only
13 only
16 only
10 and 13 only
13 and 16 only
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