SOLUTION: please find the specified term of each of the following sequences. find the twelfth term of 5, 8, 11, 14,.....

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: please find the specified term of each of the following sequences.
find the twelfth term of 5, 8, 11, 14,..... This question is from textbook

Found 2 solutions by checkley75, edjones:
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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5+3=8, 8+3=11, 11+3=14, 14+3=17 the 5th term.

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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d=the common difference between each term
c=d subtracted from the first number of the sequence
nth term=(d*n)+c
12th term=(3*12)+2=38
Ed Jones