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  • 21-02-2017
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HELP!! What is the twentieth term of the arithmetic sequence 21, 18, 15, 12, ... ?

1

78

-39

-36

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Zepdrix
Zepdrix Zepdrix
  • 21-02-2017
Notice that each term is decreasing by 3 each time.
The common difference is -3.

To get to the 20th term, we'll subtract 3 a total of 19 times from the beginning value.

[tex]\rm a_{20}=21+19(-3)\\ a_{20}=-36[/tex]
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