SOLUTION: A supermarket finds that the number of boxes of a new soda drink sold increases each week. In the first week, only 24 boxes of the soda drink were sold. In the next week, 56 boxes

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Question 1077321: A supermarket finds that the number of boxes of a new soda drink sold increases each week. In the first week, only 24 boxes of the soda drink were sold. In the next week, 56 boxes of the soda drink were sold and in the third week 88 boxes of the soda drink were sold. The number of boxes of soda drink sold each week represents an arithmetic sequence.
What is the explicit rule for the arithmetic sequence that defines the number of boxes of soda drink sold in week n?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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WEEK COUNT         BOXES SOLD
1st                 24
2nd                 56
3rd                 88

Weekly increase is 32 boxes.

If n counts the weeks then
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