document.write( "Question 933943: in the sequence, 3ˏ7/3ˏ5/3ˏ… what term is −17 \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "The 3 is really \"9%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"9%2F3\", \"7%2F3\", \"5%2F3\", ...\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is an arithmetic sequence with first term \"a%5B1%5D=3\" and common\r\n" );
document.write( "difference \"-2%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%5Bn%5D=a%5B1%5D%2B%28n-1%29d\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"-17=3%2B%28n-1%29%28-2%2F3%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get n=31, so -17 is the 31st term.\r\n" );
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