SOLUTION: a12 = -45, a10 = -37; a1 = ?

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Question 1196364: a12 = -45, a10 = -37; a1 = ?
Answer by Solver92311(821) About Me  (Show Source):
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First things first: When you want to indicate a subscript in plain text, use an underscore, thus: a_3 means . If there is more than one character in the subscript, then enclose the subscript in curly braces, thus: a_{10} means . You don't say so (and you most certainly should have) but I will assume an arithmetic sequence.

From to is two terms of the sequence. The difference between the two terms given is . Since that is the difference between terms 10 and 12, the common difference for the sequence must be half of that, or . The number of terms from to is . Then

So:

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