You're a legend for making this so clear and concise. Simple, straightforward steps that are easy to understand. If you're still out there, know that you saved another soul from being crushed by a discrete math midterm.
*_He has not shown the case where 2 roots are equal_* Say for this equation -->> an - 4(an -1) + 4 an-2=0 In this case our roots will be equal, that is we will get 2,2 as our roots.. *_For this case we have a different equation_* --> an=c1(root 1)^n + c2 n (root 2)^n So for the above given equation the ans will be--->> an = c1 (2)^n + c2 n (2)^n