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| Question 662385:  Find the first term from the given terms of the arithmetic sequence.       _____, _______, ____, ____, 27, ____, ____, 42        /    a1 = 7
 Answer by MathLover1(20850)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! since you are given _____, _______, ____, ____, 27, ____, ____, 42        / 
  ...means you have first term already 
 To find any term of an arithmetic sequence:
 
   where
  is the first term of the sequence,  is the common difference,  is the number of the term to find given:
 
   
   
 
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
   
   
 
 
   
   
   
   
 
 
   
   
   
   so, you have a sequence where you just need to add
  to each term to arrive at the next term 
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