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Consider the recurrence relation $a_n = 2a_{n-1} + 8a_{n-2}\text{,}$ with initial terms $a_0 = 1$ and $a_1= 3\text{.}$

Solve the recurrence relation. That is, find a closed formula for the $n$ th term of the sequence.
$a_n =$