SOLUTION: find the first five terms of the arithmetic progression whose seventh and twenty-third terms are -5 and -29

Question 1110572: find the first five terms of the arithmetic progression whose seventh and twenty-third terms are -5 and -29
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Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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HINT. There is the room for 23 - 7 = 16 common differences between -5 and -29, which implies d = = = = .

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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sixteen common differences d from n=7 to n=23

General Term, , because the progression decreases.

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General Term more specifically is ;
Use that to find the values asked.
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