SOLUTION: The number of the sequence is 17,if the second number is 3,what is the first number?

Question 983042: The number of the sequence is 17,if the second number is 3,what is the first number?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just taking a guess, you have common difference of 17 as "number of the sequence". Term at index 2 is 3. If common difference is 17, assuming going forward, then going backward to index 1, you subtract 17 from 3:

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