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LESSON 2

Finding the General Term or the Nth

Term of the Sequence
Example:
Find the general term of each sequence.
Then, find the 10th term for each.

Given:
Solution:
1. Prepare a table of value…
1 2 3 4 5 … N
7 11 15 19 23 … N
Solution:
2. Take the first difference
1 2 3 4 5 … N
7 11 15 19 23 … N
4 4 4
Solution:
3. Form two equations of the form

If and

a
Equation 1
Solution:
3. Form two equations of the form

If and

2a
Equation 2
Solution:

4. Solve for the system of linear equations

Solution:

4. Solve for the

Solution:
5.Substitute the values of in the general
form
Solution:

6. Check: Replace n with 1 2 3 4 and 5.

Thus the 10th term of the sequence is:

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