SOLUTION: whats the next term 12 17 22 27 describe the pattern

Question 1135591: whats the next term 12 17 22 27
describe the pattern

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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=> common difference is ,
so, you add to first term to get second term, add to second term to get third term, and so on

so, in general, you have arithmetic sequence and the formula for nth term will be

and next term will be:

and so on...

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