SOLUTION: how many terms has the sequence -4, 5, 14, 23, ..., 500?

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Answer by stanbon(57984) About Me  (Show Source):
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how many terms has the sequence -4, 5, 14, 23, ..., 500?
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Each term is 9 more than the previous term.
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EQUATION:
Let "n" be the number of terms required to arrive at 500.
-4+9n=500
9n=504
n=56
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Cheers,
Stan H.