document.write( "Question 1008763: Is my answer correct?
\n" ); document.write( "I am supposed to find the first five terms and the tenth term given the explicit formula for an arithmetic sequence. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "Is my answer correct?
\n" ); document.write( "I am supposed to find the first five terms and the tenth term given the explicit formula for an arithmetic sequence. \r
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From the AP formula for a term, n: \"a%5Bn%5D+=+a%5B1%5D+%2B+%28n+-+1%29d\", it's obvious from the given equation: \"a%5Bn%5D+=+-+10+-+3%28n+-+1%29\" that term 1, or \"a%5B1%5D+=+-+10\", and d,
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document.write( "or the common difference is: - 3
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document.write( "2nd term: Term 1 + d(2 - 1), or - 10 - 3(1), or   \"highlight_green%28-+13%29\"
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document.write( "3rd term: Term 1 + d(3 - 1), or - 10 - 3(2), or   \"highlight_green%28-+16%29\"
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document.write( "4th term: Term 1 + d(4 - 1), or - 10 - 3(3), or   \"highlight_green%28-+19%29\"
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document.write( "5th term: Term 1 + d(5 - 1), or - 10 - 3(4), or   \"highlight_green%28-+22%29\"
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document.write( "10th term: Term 1 + d(10 - 1), or - 10 - 3(9), or \"highlight_green%28-+37%29\" \n" );
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