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Arithmetic Sequence and Finding The NTH Term Lecture

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Arithmetic

Sequence
Let’s Think
1. 4,7,10, 13
_ , _16, _19 <-- Adding 3

2. -2,-6,-10, _-14, _-18, _-22 <--Adding -4

3. 31,26,21, _16, _11, _6


<-- Subtracting 5
Or adding -5
An arithmetic sequence is a
sequence in which each term
Arithmetic after the first is formed by
adding a fixed number to the
Sequence previous term. The fixed
number (constant) is called
the common difference
denoted by d.
Finding Common Difference
(d)
_ , 16
4, 7, 10,13 _ ,19
_
d=7-4
d=3
Finding Common Difference
(d)
13 16 19
4, 7, 10, _ , _ , _
d=10-7
d=3
Finding Common Difference
(d)
13 16 19
4, 7, 10, _ , _ , _
d=13-10
d=3
Finding Common Difference
(d) 16
4, 7, 10,13
_ , _ , 19
_
d=16-13
d=3
Finding Common Difference
(d)
4, 7, 10,13 _ ,19
_ ,16 _
d=19-16
d=3
Arithmetic Sequence or Not
1. ) 3, 12, 21, 30 arithmetic sequence
2. ) -3, 5, 13, 21, arithmetic sequence
3. ) 2, 6, 8, 11, NOT
4. ) -4, -11, -18, -25 Arithmetic sequence
Find the first five terms of the
arithmetic sequence with 4 as the first
term and a common difference of -2

-, -, -,
1 2 3 4 5
st nd -, -
rd th th
Find the first five terms of the
arithmetic sequence with -2 as the first
term and a common difference of -4

-, -, -,
1 2 3 4 5
st nd -, -
rd th th
Finding nth term in Arithmetic
Sequence
𝑎 =𝑎 + ( 𝑛− 1 ) 𝑑
𝑛 1

an=last term d=Common difference


a1=1 term
st n=number of terms
1.Find the 10 term of the
th

sequence 6, 9,12,15.

𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 1+ ( 𝑛− 1 ) 𝑑
2. Find the 15 term of the
th

sequence -2, -4,-6,-8.

𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 1+ ( 𝑛− 1 ) 𝑑
3. Find the 21 term of the
st

sequence if the first term is 23 and


the common difference is -5

𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 1+ ( 𝑛− 1 ) 𝑑
4. Find the 20 term of the
th

sequence if the first term is 10 and


the common difference is 7

𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 1+ ( 𝑛− 1 ) 𝑑
5. Find the 19 term of the
th

sequence if the first term is -20 and


the common difference is 6

𝑎 𝑛 =𝑎 1+ ( 𝑛− 1 ) 𝑑

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