document.write( "Question 980702: Find the 100th term of this arithmetic sequence. 5,8,11,14,17
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Algebra.Com's Answer #601790 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( " 5,8,11,14,17\r\n" );
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document.write( "Start with 5\r\n" );
document.write( "Add 3 1 time to 5 to get the 2nd term, 5+3*1 = 5+3 = 8\r\n" );
document.write( "Add 3 2 times to 5 to get the 3rd term, 5+3*2 = 5+6 = 11\r\n" );
document.write( "Add 3 3 times to 5 to get the 4th term, 5+3*3 = 5+9 = 14\r\n" );
document.write( "Add 3 4 times to 5 to get the 5th term, 5+3*4 = 5+12 = 17\r\n" );
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document.write( "... so,\r\n" );
document.write( "Add 3 99 times to 5 to get the 100th term, 5+3*99 = 5+297 = 300\r\n" );
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document.write( "Or use formula which is the same idea:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%5Bn%5D=a%5B1%5D%2B%28n-1%29%2Ad\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "n=100, a1=5, d=3\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%5B100%5D=5%2B%28100-1%29%2A3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%5B100%5D=5%2B%2899%29%2A3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%5B100%5D=5%2B297\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"a%5B100%5D=300\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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