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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is this sequence arithmetic, geometric or neither?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t subscript n=3/2 (n-1) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "t subscript n=3/2 (n-1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t(n) = (3/2)n - 3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is (3/2) and the y-intercept is -3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sequence will start at -3/2 and will have <BR>\n" );
document.write( "+3/2 added to form successive terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3/2, 0, 3/2, 6/2, 9/2, ...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sequence is arithmetic.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Every linear function is this way.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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