SOLUTION: Is the sequence a[n]=6n-17 arithmetic? if it is what is its first term and its common difference

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Question 1126253: Is the sequence a[n]=6n-17 arithmetic?
if it is what is its first term
and its common difference

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

....using nth term formula, we have


since you are given
, you see that
and
=>, is common difference
and


is its first term


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