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What is the tenth term of the sequence 5, 3, -1, -7, -15

User Veynom
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the tenth term is -25

User RPinel
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Answer: -85

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Step-by-step explanation:

from 5 to 3 is "minus 2"

from 3 to -1 is "minus 4"

from -1 to -7 is "minus 6"

from -7 to -15 is "minus 8"

and so on

Keep up this pattern to get the next five terms

-15 - 10 = -25

-25 - 12 = -37

-37 - 14 = -51

-51 - 16 = -67

-67 - 18 = -85

So the tenth term is -85

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