SOLUTION: Write the first five terms of the sequence an =5n-2

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Question 1006335: Write the first five terms of the sequence an =5n-2
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n = 1: a%5B1%5D = 3;

n = 2: a%5B2%5D = 8;

n = 3: a%5B3%5D = 13;

n = 4: a%5B4%5D = 18;

n = 5: a%5B5%5D = 23.

Arithmetic progression. The first term 3. The common difference is 5.