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How do I find the tenth term?

How do I find the tenth term?-example-1
User Dina
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Answer:

-10190

Explanation:

May I tell you how neat your work is? Always go straight down the way you are doing. 1 line, 1 piece of information.

I can give you the answer, but at this point I cannot give you the explicit formula. I will open up this question or rather get a mod to do it when I know how the answer was derived.

The answer is -10190. This was done using a spreadsheet.

I don't think it is worth your time to work out how the explicit formula is derived, but if you really want it, I can put it in the comments. Just leave me a note at the bottom of this answer.

The formula is

tn = -20*2^(n - 1) + 50 So for t10, you would get

t_10 = - 20*2^(10 - 1) + 50

t_10 = -20*2^9 + 50

t_10 = -20*512 + 50

t_10 = -10240 + 50

t_10 = -10190 Which is just what the speadsheet gave.

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