document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1178227>Question 1178227</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the first five terms of the arithmetic sequence. Find the common difference and write the nth term of the sequence as a function of n.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a1 = 8,   ak + 1 = ak + 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "an= </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let k=1, a2 =a1+6 = 8+6=14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "k=2 , a3 = a2+8 14+6 =20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the first five terms= 8,14,20,26,32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "common difference =6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "an= a1+(n-1)d = 8+(n-1)6 </SPAN>\n" );
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