document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1094751>Question 1094751</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Etermine the number of terms in the sequence -16,-12,-8,...,60 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #709341 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><B>greenestamps(13200)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=greenestamps><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=709341\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <br>To find the number of terms there are in the sequence AFTER THE FIRST ONE, divide the difference between the first and last terms by the common difference:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since that is the number of terms after the first, the number of terms in the sequence is 20.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note that in a response from another tutor, she said the number of intervals between the numbers is 19, and that makes the number of numbers in the sequence 20.  You might try looking at the problem that way instead of the way I explained it; perhaps one or the other of those two ways makes more sense to you. </SPAN>\n" );
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