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QUESTION IN PIC- 20 POINTS

QUESTION IN PIC- 20 POINTS-example-1

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Answer:

18 terms

Explanation:

The first given sequence has first term a1=2 and common difference d=5. Its explicit formula is ...

an = 2 +5(n -1) = 5n -3

We want the n-th term of this sequence to be the same as the n-th term of the sequence defined by ...

an = 4n +15

We can find n that makes this true by setting the 'an' values equal:

an = an

5n -3 = 4n +15

n = 18 . . . . . . . . . . add 3-4n

The number of terms in each sequence is 18.

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Additional comment

The last term in each sequence is 87.

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