document.write( "Question 1009381: Is my work and answer correct for this problem?
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document.write( "The instructions were to find the first five terms and 10th term given the explicit formula.\r
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document.write( " an = 8 – 5n
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document.write( "a1 = 8-5(1) = 8-5 = 3
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document.write( "a2 = 8-5(2) = 8-10 = -2
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document.write( "a3 = 8-5(3) = 8-15 = -7
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document.write( "a4 = 8-5(4) = 8-20 = -12
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document.write( "a5 = 8-5(5) = 8-25 = -17
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document.write( "a10 = 8-5(10) = 8-50 = -42\r
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document.write( "First five terms: 3, -2, -7, -12, -17
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document.write( "10th term: -42
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