173k views
5 votes
What is the common difference between successive terms in the sequence?

0.36, 0.26, 0.16, 0.06, –0.04, –0.14, ...

User Gffbss
by
6.4k points

1 Answer

5 votes
-0.1



To solve this, subtract successive terms and see what happens:

0.26 - 0.36 = -0.1

0.16 - 0.26 = -0.1

0.06 - 0.16 = -0.1

-0.04 - 0.06 = -0.1

-0.14 - -0.04 = -0.1



Every successive term is obtained by subtracting 0.1 from the previous
User Beardo
by
7.0k points