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pingwin09

The series of these numbers are arithmetic progression because every time you subtract the next term to the previous term, each difference is common (or constant), that 2 - 7 = -5, or -3 - 2 = -5.

You can use the formula of the arithmetic term, that is
an = a1 + (n - 1)d
where an = nth term, a1 = first term, n = number of terms, d = common difference

The 14th term will be
a(14th term) = 7 + (14 - 1)*(-5) = -58

MrRoyal

The sequence is an illustration of an arithmetic progression.

  • The explicit formula is \(\mathbf{f(n) = 12 -5n }\)
  • The 14th term is \(\mathbf{f(14) = -58 }\)

From the sequence, we have:

\(\mathbf{a = 7}\) -- the first term of the sequence

\(\mathbf{d = 2 - 7 = -5}\) -- the common difference of the sequence

The explicit formula of an arithmetic sequence is:

\(\mathbf{f(n) = a + (n - 1)d}\)

So, we have:

\(\mathbf{f(n) = 7 + (n - 1) \times -5}\)

Open brackets

\(\mathbf{f(n) = 7 -5n +5}\)

Rewrite as:

\(\mathbf{f(n) = 7+5 -5n }\)

\(\mathbf{f(n) = 12 -5n }\)

Substitute 14 for n, to calculate the 14th term

\(\mathbf{f(14) = 12 -5 \times 14 }\)

\(\mathbf{f(14) = 12 -70 }\)

\(\mathbf{f(14) = -58 }\)

Hence, the 14th term is -58

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