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LESSON Reading Strategies

4-6 Use a Concept Map
Use the concept map below to help you understand arithmetic sequences.

Definition Formula
An arithmetic sequence is The nth term of an arithmetic
a list of numbers whose sequence can be found using
terms all differ by the
a n  a 1   n  1 d
same non-zero number.
where a 1 is the first term and
d is the common difference.
Arithmetic
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Answer each question.

1. Explain why 4, 3, 1, 2, 6, ... is given as a non-example of an arithmetic sequence.

2. Explain why 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ... is given as a non-example of an arithmetic sequence.

3. Give an example of an arithmetic sequence whose common difference is 5.

1, 7, 6__
4. Find the common difference and the next 3 terms of the sequence 8, 7 __ 1 , 6, ... .
2 2

Find the indicated term of each arithmetic sequence using the

formula given above.
5. 25th term: 14, 8, 2, 4, 10, ... 6. 18th term: 122, 120, 118, 116, 114, ...

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