document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=751136>Question 751136</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello I would like to know how to do nth term or the 100th term, please explain it. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the nth term and the 100th term of this sequence -3 , -13, 23 .. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PLEASE EXPLAIN IT IN DETAILS PLEASE THANKYOU SO MUCH:)  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #457008 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=timvanswearingen><B>timvanswearingen(106)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=timvanswearingen><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=timvanswearingen><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=457008\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If it is supposed to be -3, -13, -23....then you just need the formula for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5Bn%5D=a%5B1%5D%2B%28n-1%29%2Ad ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5Bn%5D=a%5B1%5D%2B%28n-1%29%2Ad\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  Where a sub n is the nth term, a sub 1 is the first term, n is the number of the term you are looking to find and d is the common difference between the terms.  So a sub 1 is -3, n is 100, and d is -10:\r<BR>\n" );
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