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Question 453308: I am stumped on this one. I have been working it for hours but cannot seem to get the right formula to do it. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
Write the nth term of the following sequence in terms of the first term of the sequence.
a, a + 4, a + 8, . . .
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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The nth term of an arithmetic sequence is given by
a%5Bn%5D+=+a%5B1%5D+%2B+%28n-1%29d. Here, a%5B1%5D+=+a, and d = 4.
Now substitute these values into the general formulas.