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Question 634458: Write a recursive formula for the sequence 8, 10, 12, 14, 16... Then find the next term.
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Question 634654: In the arithmetic sequence: a(sub 5) =0, and a(sub 25) =8. What is a(sub 2)?
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Question 634655: In sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, 19..., find S(sub 50). If S(sub 0)= 3
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Question 634659: Use the remainder theorem to find f(c).
f(x)=2x^3-x^2+8x-4; c=2
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Question 634665: Find the nth term, the fifth term, and the eighth term of the geometric sequence..
64, 16, 4, 1 ......
an=
a8=
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Question 634668: Sequence: 3, -6, 12, -24, 48,..., find S(sub 20). If S(sub 0)= 3. Then find the sum through S(sub 20).
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Question 634686: Hi could you please guide me through this? Thank you so much, and for your time!
Given a sequence is arithmetic find the 4 terms between 6 and 121.

Also:
Given the sequence is geometric find the 3 terms between 6 and 3.9366.
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Question 634715: Hi! Could you please help me out in this problem! Thank you so much, and for your generous time!
Find d (common diffrence) when a(sub 0) is 3/20. And a(sub 4) is 6/5.
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Question 634716: Please help me out in this sequence of finding r! Thank you so much!
Find r given a(sub 0) is -20. and a(sub 4) = -2500
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Question 634886: Write an explicit rule for t(n) for the arithmetic sequence:
2, 5/3, 4/3, 1, 2/3, ..
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Question 634888: Write an explicit rule for t(n) of the geometric sequence below:
2, 3/2, 9/8, 27/32 .....
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Question 634956: Brett started a race at 6:30 a.m. and he did not cross the finish line until 1:05 p.m.. How long did it take for brett to finish the race?
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Question 634979: State whether the following sequence is arithmetic, geometric, or neither.
4, 15, 26, 37, 48, 59, .
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Question 634988: Use inductive reasoning to find a pattern, and then make a reasonable conjecture for the next number in the sequence.11 12 9 10 7 8 5 6
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Question 635192: find a[20] when a[1]=9 and d=2
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Question 635385: You invest $2,500 at an interest rate that is compounded annually. After 8 years, your principal has increased to $3,046.01. What percent is the interest rate?
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Question 635863: a3=5, a8=1/625. How do I find A5 and An?
Ans: a5=5/8 and an=10(-1/20)^n-1
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Question 635863: a3=5, a8=1/625. How do I find A5 and An?
Ans: a5=5/8 and an=10(-1/20)^n-1
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Question 636167: The product of a number and 19 decreased by 27 is 24
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Question 636277: Which of the following are the terms of sequence – 33, –26, –19, – 12.............?
Indicate all such terms
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Question 636692: How do i find the 15th term of the series 3,7,11,15...
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Question 637072: What are the next three numbers in this series of numbers?
1,3,9,19,33,51,73
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Question 637274: Find the sum of the first ten terms of the the series 1+4+16+64+256
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Question 637625: find the next number in the sequence 1 7 33 159 785..........
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Question 637907: three consecutive terms if an AP have sum 21 and product 315.find the three numbers of the arithmetic progression.

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Question 637911: (a)if log x , log(x+2) , log(x+16) are three consecutive terms of an AP, find the value of x.
(B)the sixth terms of an AP is Twice the Second term and the fifth term exceeds the first term by 10.find first term and the common difference.
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Question 638906: Determine whether or not the relation is a function.
{(-3, 6), (-2, 7), (-1, 8), (0, 9)}
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Question 639064: What comes next in the sequence: 1, 3, 4, 7, 11 ......
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Question 639074: 26. The first five terms of a linear sequence are given below. What is the next term of the sequence?
13, 18, 23, 28, 38, ____
There is a difference of 5 between every number, I got 38, but answers are :
A. 28
B. 10
C. 6
D. 32

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Question 639176: What is the sum of a 30–term arithmetic sequence where the first term is 73 and the last term is –101?
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Question 639183: Find a set of at least 5 data values that has a mean of 20 and a standard deviation of 6.
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Question 639198: I'm working on summation notation. there's an infinity on the top, n=0 on bottom, and 8(1/2)^n on the right. Where do I begin and how do I do it?
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Question 639190: If 2 cars leave a location at the same time headed in the same direction and one is traveling 65 mph and the ther car is traveling 45 mph, how long will it take the two cars to be 90 miles apart?
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Question 639363: Solve for the next two numbers in the following number sequence: 1728, 1000, 512, 216, _, _.
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Question 639512: How would I write this series in summation notation?
1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + . . . + 1/20
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Question 639731: Write the nth term of the following sequence in terms of the first term of the sequence. Please explain this in addition to offering the general term of the sequence. Thank you!
10, 20, 40, . . .
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Question 639924: 1,4,27,4,25,216,7...
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Question 640266: describe a pattern in the sequence of numbers. predict the next number.
1, -4, 9, -16,....
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Question 640296: 2.0,3.1,4.2,5.3 is this geometric arithmetic or neither?

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Question 640549: 4x-3=7+9x
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Question 640976: what is the cos y if a=8, b=7, c=15
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Question 641799: explain why 400% od 5 and 4% of 599 are the same amount
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Question 641912: 8/9=x+1/3(7)
So far I did the recepricoal 3/1 multiplied that by 7 and got 21 after that im stuck /:
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Question 642225: The formula for the general term of the infinite sequence 12,17,22,27,32....is
5n-7
5n
5n+2
5n+7 ?? Thank you for the help
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