document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=992553>Question 992553</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write a rule for the nth term of the arithmetic sequence that has the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "terms a3=17 and a14=50. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "terms a3=17 and a14=50. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a(3) = a(1)+2d = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a(14)= a(1)+13d= 50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"d\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11d = 33<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for a(1)::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a(1) +2*3 = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a(1) = 11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: a(n) = 11+(n-1)3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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