document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=195291>Question 195291</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write amn explicit formula for the following infinite sequence 14,17,20,23..... </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #146489 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=146489\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Take note that the first term is 14 and we're adding 3 to each term to get the next term. So this tells us that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5B0%5D=14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5B0%5D=14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the general formula <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5Bn%5D=dn%2Ba%5B0%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5Bn%5D=dn%2Ba%5B0%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (which is an arithmetic sequence) becomes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5Bn%5D=3n%2B14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5Bn%5D=3n%2B14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where \"n\" starts at 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: if you want to start at n=1, then simply subtract 3 from 14 (to scale back the terms) to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5Bn%5D=3n%2B11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5Bn%5D=3n%2B11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where \"n\" starts at 1. </SPAN>\n" );
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