SOLUTION: How many terms of the arithmetic sequence 88,85,82,... appear before the number -17 appears?

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Question 980364: How many terms of the arithmetic sequence 88,85,82,... appear before the number -17 appears?
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88, 85, 82, 79, 76, 73, 70, 67, 64, 61, 58, 55, 52, 49, 46, 43, 40, 37, 34, 31, 28, 25, 22, 19, 16, 13, 10, 7, 4, 1, -2, -5, -8, -11, -14, -17, -20, -23, -26, -29, ..