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document.write( "For n = 1, 2, 3, 4 the sequence is -4, -5, -6, -7.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is arithmetic progression with the first term -4 and the common difference of -1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The general formula for the n-th term is \r\n" );
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document.write( "     = -4 + (n-1)*(-1) = -4 - (n-1) = -4 - n + 1 = -3 - n,  n = 1, 2 , 3, 4 . . . \r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.   = -3 - n,  n = 1, 2, 3, 4, . . . \r\n" );
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