SOLUTION: What is the first ten terms of a sequence whose first term is -10 and whose common difference is -2.

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Question 624549: What is the first ten terms of a sequence whose first term is -10 and whose common difference is -2.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Start with the first term of -10 and subtract off 2 each time to get the next term, so the first ten terms are...

-10,-12,-14,-16,-18,-20,-22,-24,-26,-28



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