document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=92543>Question 92543</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/003054288x/algebrahomeworkh>Holt, Rinehart and Wilson </A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The third and fourth terms of a sequence are 26 and 40.  If the second differences are a constant 4, what are the first five terms of the sequence? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "10, 16, 26, 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "difference: (6),(10), 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "second diff: 4, 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first 5 terms: 10, 16, 26, 40, 58 </SPAN>\n" );
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