Consider the following recursive function: def rec1(aList,first,last):         if first==last:             return aList[first]         else:             return aList[last]*rec1(aList,first,last-1)       Show the output of the following call (show your work and all recursive calls): print(rec1([1,2,3,4,5,6,7],3,5))?      describe the task of the rec1 function.

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Consider the following recursive function:

def rec1(aList,first,last):

        if first==last:

            return aList[first]

        else:

            return aList[last]*rec1(aList,first,last-1)

      Show the output of the following call (show your work and all recursive calls):

print(rec1([1,2,3,4,5,6,7],3,5))? 

 

 

describe the task of the rec1 function. 

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