SOLUTION: for the sequence, describe the pattern, write the next term, and write a rule for the nth term. ( the x's are 1,2,3,4,5) 1) 3, 1, -1, -3, ..... 2) -3, -24, -81, -192, .....

Question 176909: for the sequence, describe the pattern, write the next term, and write a rule for the nth term. ( the x's are 1,2,3,4,5)
1) 3, 1, -1, -3, .....
2) -3, -24, -81, -192, .....
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1) Looks like you subtract 2 from the previous term to get the next term.
Or start at 3 and subtract 2 at each successive term.

-5 would be the next term.

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2) Looks like each term is a product of the cubes with (-3)

-375 would be the next term.

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