SOLUTION: If you were asked to find the 87th term in a sequence, which formula would you want to be given? A) analog form B) digital form

SOLUTION: If you were asked to find the 87th term in a sequence, which formula would you want to be given? A) analog form B) digital form

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Question 1010997: If you were asked to find the 87th term in a sequence, which formula would you want to be given?

A)
analog form

B)
digital form

C)
explicit form

D)
recursive form

Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
C) The explicit form
which is
an = a1 + (n-1)d for arithmetic
an = a1*r^(n-1) for geometric
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