SOLUTION: Find the first term from the given terms of the arithmetic sequence. _____, _______, ____, ____, 27, ____, ____, 42 / a1 = 7
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Question 662385: Find the first term from the given terms of the arithmetic sequence. _____, _______, ____, ____, 27, ____, ____, 42 / a1 = 7
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
since you are given _____, _______, ____, ____, 27, ____, ____, 42 /
...means you have first term already
To find any term of an arithmetic sequence:
where is the first term of the sequence, is the common difference, is the number of the term to find
given:
so, you have a sequence where you just need to add to each term to arrive at the next term
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