SOLUTION: Chad's daily runs vary between 6 and 12 kilometers, based on how tired he feels. If you look at a log of his daily distance, what kind of sequence will you see? arithmetic, geom

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Question 1086944: Chad's daily runs vary between 6 and 12 kilometers, based on how tired he feels. If you look at a log of his daily distance, what kind of sequence will you see?
arithmetic, geometric, both or neither
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Answer: Neither

The sequence is of the general form {a1,a2,a3,a4,...}
The general term a%5Bn%5D is impossible to determine. All we know about it is that it's between 6 and 12. For all we know, the sequence is simply the set of random numbers between 6 and 12 and there is no pattern.