SOLUTION: Find the first term, the common difference, and give a recursive formula do arithmetic sequence. 6th term is -10; 15 term is -46

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Question 1059619: Find the first term, the common difference, and give a recursive formula do arithmetic sequence. 6th term is -10; 15 term is -46
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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s6=-10
s15=-46
change of -36 in 9 terms, and the difference is -4.
s1 is 4(6) greater than s6 or -10+24=14
sn=14-4*n
First term is 14, common difference is -4
sum%2814-4n%2C+N=0%2C+15%29