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The sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, … has explicit formula $a(n) = 4n - 1$ and
recursive definition $a(1) = 3$ , $a(n) = a(n-1) + 4$ for $n \geq 2$ .

Use the recursive definition to compute $a(4)$ .