SOLUTION: Can someone help with this, supply the missing term in the sequence. 25,23,19,13,___.. Thanks

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Question 433445: Can someone help with this, supply the missing term in the sequence. 25,23,19,13,___.. Thanks
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

notice that the difference between each term is going like: 2, 4, 6,....so between 13 and 5 the difference is 8
25,23,19,13,5..
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
25,23,19,13,___.. 
To get from the 1st term 25 to the 2nd term 23, we must subtract 2.

To get from the 2nd term 23 to the 3rd term 19, we must subtract 4.

To get from the 3rd term 19 to the 4th term 13, we must subtract 6.

Look at those red number that we subtracted each time to get the next term.
Do you see a pattern? 2,4,6,

Don't you think the next number to subtract would be 8?

To get from the 4th term 13 to the 5th term, we must subtract 8, and get 5.

Edwin
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