title: Basic Java Recursion Method
body: <p>I am having a lot of trouble with this basic recursion problem in java; any pointers would be great.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"Write a static recursive method to print out the nth term of the
    geometric sequence: 2, 6, 18, 54."</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>From what I can gather, somewhere in the code I should be recursively multiplying something by 3, but I'm struggling to figure out how to do this. I know I need a termination statement, but when does that occur? Do I need a helper method?</p>