Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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Chapter1: Functions And Models
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Problem 1RCC: (a) What is a function? What are its domain and range? (b) What is the graph of a function? (c) How...
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Answer question 24. Determine the an and a8 for the arithmetic sequence please write out the steps and describe in detail what you are doing during each step.

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x+21
-17
Determine the common difference d for each arithmetic sequence See Example 1.
11, 2, 5, 8, 11,...
12. 4, 10, 16, 22, ...
13. 3,-2, -7, -12,...
14. -8,-12, -16, -20,...
15.)x+3y, 2x + 5y, 3x + 7y,...
16. ²+q, -4t2 + 2q, -91²+ 3q,...
Find the first five terms of each arithmetic sequence. See Example 2.
17. The first term is 8, and the common difference is 6.
18. The first term is -2, and the common difference is 12.
19. a₁ = 5, d = -2
20. a₁ = 4, d = 3
21. a₁ = 10+ √7, a₂ = 10
22. a₁ = 3-√2, a₂ = 3
Determine a, and as for each arithmetic sequence. See Examples 3 and 4.
57,9,
24. -3, -7, -11,...
25. a₁ = 5, a4 = 15
26. a₁ = -4, as = 16
27. a106, a1 = 10.5
28. a1s = 8, a16 = 5
29. a₁ = x, a₂ = x+3
30. a₂ = y + 1, d = -3
31. a4s+ 6p, d = 2p
32. Concept Check If a₁, a2, a3 represents an arithmetic sequence, express a₂ in terms
of a₁ and a3.
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