SOLUTION: Hi, please help me solve the question: Find the 100th term of the following sequences: a. -10, -20, -30, -40, ... b. 0.2, 3.0, 5.8, 8.6, ... Thank you!

Question 618260: Hi, please help me solve the question:

Find the 100th term of the following sequences:
a. -10, -20, -30, -40, ...
b. 0.2, 3.0, 5.8, 8.6, ...
Thank you!

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Hi, please help me solve the question:

Find the 100th term of the following sequences:
a. -10, -20, -30, -40, ...
b. 0.2, 3.0, 5.8, 8.6, ...
Thank you!

This is an arithmetic progression in which the following formula is used: , with being the term number, being the 1st term, and d being the common difference between each term

---- Substituting 100 for n, - 10 for term number 1 (), and - 10 for the common difference between each term

Term 100, or

You just need to follow this same procedure to do (b). You can do it!!

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