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Find the nth tearm

-5 -2 3 10 19

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Given :

The sequence is -5 , -2 , 3 , 10 , 19 .

To Find :

The nth term of the given sequence .

Solution :

Difference between first 2 terms :

-2 - ( -5 ) = 3 1 term

3 - ( -2 ) = 5 2 term

10 - 3 = 7 3 term

19 - 10 = 9 4 term

From the above observation we can say that difference is increasing in odd number .

So, the nth term will be :


a_(n+1)= -5 + (2n+1) for n greater than equal to 0.

Hence, this is the required solution.

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