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Explicit formula for 79,71,63,55

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Your sequence has a common difference of -8, so could be considered an arithmetic sequence with first term 79. A formula for the n-th term might be ...

... a[n] = 79 -8(n -1)

or

... a[n] = 87 -8n

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