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What is a formula for the nth term of the given sequence? − 8 , − 4 , 0... −8,−4,0...

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Answer: 4n - 12

Explanation:

We can see that with each step, we are increasing our value by 4.

This is represented in "4n"

Our term "a1" is -8, which means to find "a0" we need to simply subtract 4 "a1" (-8), effectively working in reverse.

This should give us 4n (increasing by 4 each step) minus 12 (our starting value)

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