SOLUTION: For the sequence, describe the pattern, write the next term, and write a rule for the nth term. -2,05,-8,-11,...

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Question 589466: For the sequence, describe the pattern, write the next term, and write a rule for the nth term.
-2,05,-8,-11,...

Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you fat-fingered that zero and your sequence was really -2, -5, -8, -11, then each term is found by adding -3 to the previous one, so
a%5Bn%2B1%5D=a%5Bn%5D-3 (recursive formula) and a%5Bn%5D=-2-3%28n-1%29