document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=983042>Question 983042</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The number of the sequence is 17,if the second number is 3,what is the first number?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #603853 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=603853\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Just taking a guess, you have common difference of 17 as \"number of the sequence\".  Term at index 2  is  3.  If common difference is 17, assuming going forward, then going backward to index 1, you subtract 17 from 3:\r<BR>\n" );
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