Challenge 3: Find nth Fibonacci Number

This challenge will test your knowledge of recursion.

Problem Statement #

In this exercise, you have to write a recursive function fibonacci that takes a positive integer number n as a parameter and returns the nth Fibonacci term in that range.

The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers in which the next term is found by adding the two previous terms:

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...

Here , the number 1 is the first term, 1 is the second term, 2 is the third term and so on…

Input #

  an integer n

Output #

  nth fibonacci term

Sample Input #

  7

Sample Output #

  13

Coding Exercise #

Write your code in the code widget below. If you don’t get it right, don’t fret; the solution is also given.

Note: There is a fibonacci function given in the code for testing purposes. Do not modify it.

Good luck! 🤞

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