Doubt to in approach 1

#1

what does it mean by
int i =recurrLinearSrch(a+1,n-1,key);

 if(i==-1){
 	return -1;
 }
#2

if after recursion the value of i comes out to be -1 then
return -1 from the function ( implies element is not present)

#3

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