This document discusses using recurrence relations to model sequences. It provides examples of finding recurrence relations for sequences like 4, 8, 20, 56 and 2, 6, 26. It then uses a recurrence relation to model a situation where worker ants are dying from disease each week at 20% but they are capturing 100 extra ants each week. Finally, it uses a recurrence relation to determine that a loan shark is charging 10% interest per week on a loan based on the amounts owed after 0 and 2 weeks.