Question

1. Angela was doing her homework when her dog bit

off a piece of paper. All she had left was the start

of the sequence: 4, 12, ... and the fact that 972 was some term of the sequence.

a. If the sequence is arithmetic, what is the equation of the nth term and what number term is 972?

Answer 1

The equation is 8n-4 and 972 is the 122nd term of the sequence

Explanation

12-4=8

12-8=4

8n+4

972+4=976

976/8=122