Cannot find the pattern in recurrence relation

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I am doing a power series solution for: (x^2-1)y" + 8xy' + 12y = 0
I rewrote it in terms of power series and transformed everything into one series and finally ended up with the following recurrence relation:
an+2= ((n+3)(n+4)an)/((n+2)(n+1))

I plugged in values for n but I am having a hard time finding a pattern. I need to turn this into a power series but I cannot find the pattern in order to do that. I am getting everything in terms of either a0 or a1 and I know that I need to group all the a0's together and that is one solution, and the a1's together and that is the second solution. However even after grouping them I cannot find the pattern.
 
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Without actually plugging in values for n, what does [tex]a_{n+4}[/tex] equal in terms of [tex]a_n[/tex]? How about n+6? Figuring out the cancellation pattern should give you a formula a_n.
 

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