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What is the fiftieth term of the arithmetic sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, ... ?

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3 votes

Answer:

199

Explanation:

User Twaha Mehmood
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Answer:

199

Explanation:

For this problem, you have to write an formula.

a(n)=a(1)+(n-1)d

n is the term you are trying to find (in this case it's 50).

a(1) is the first term in the sequence (in this case it's 3).

d is the common difference (in this case it's 4).

Plug those in, and you get:

a(50)=3+(50-1)4

And you can easily solve that and get a(50)=199.

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