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What is the common difference between successive terms in the sequence 9,2.5,-4,-10.5,-17,...

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Hello! 9 - 2.5 is 6.5. 2.5 - (-4) is 6.5. And so on. If you subtract two terms, the common difference between the successive terms is 6.5, because you subtract 6.5 from a term each time. When it comes to finding the difference between two terms, all you have to do is subtract two numbers and do this a couple of times to find the common difference.
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