SOLUTION: Jeffrey makes $26 babysitting each week. If you track the total amount of money he has earned over time, what kind of sequence will you see? Arithmetic, geometric, both Or neith

Question 1086949: Jeffrey makes $26 babysitting each week. If you track the total amount of money he has earned over time, what kind of sequence will you see?
Arithmetic, geometric, both Or neither

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Week 1 = $26
Week 2 = $52 (26+26 = 52)
Week 3 = $78 (52+26 = 78)
Week 4 = $104 (78+26 = 104)
etc...

The sequence {26, 52, 78, 104, ...} is arithmetic
first term =
common difference = d = 26
nth term = where n is a positive integer

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