Sequences

What kind of sequence is the pattern 15, 17, 20, 24, 29, ...?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric
• Neither

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What kind of sequence is the pattern 400, 200, 100, 50, 25, ...?

• Arithmetic
• Geometric
• Neither

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Identify the common difference in the sequence shown below:

-9, -13, -18, -23,...

• 4

• -4

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Identify the next three terms of the sequence below:

-6, -10, -14,...

• -17, -21, -25

• 17, 21, 25

• 18, 22, 26

• -18, -22, -26

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Write the explicit formula for the sequence shown below.

3, -3, -9, -15

• a_n=3+6(n-1)

• a_n=3−6(n-1)

• a_n=6−3(n-1)

• a_n=6+3(n-1)

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Write the explicit formula for the sequence shown below.

1, 6, 11, 16

• a_n=1+5(n-1)

• a_n=1−5(n-1)

• a_n=5−(n-1)

• a_n=5+(n-1)

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What is the 20^th term of the arithmetic sequence shown below.

7, 4, 1,...

• -49

• 50

• -50

• -51

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An arithmetic sequence is described by the function f(n)=−3n+7. What are the first 5 terms of the sequence?

• 7, 10, 13, 16, 19

• 4, 1, -2, -5, -8

• -4, -1, 2, 5, 8

• -7, -10, -13, -16, -19

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Find the common ratio: 4, -16, 64, -256, ...

• r = -4
• r = 2
• r = -2
• r = 4

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Write a formula for the following sequence:

5, 8, 11, 14, 17...

• a_n = 3n + 2

• a_n = 8 - 5n

• a_n = 5(3)^n-1

• a_n = 5 + 3n

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