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Answer the following 13,10,7,4,...what is its explicit equation

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This is an arithmetic sequence.

The numbers differ by a constant.

The general form of an arithmetic sequence is:


a_n=a+(n-1)d

Where

a is first term

n is nth term

d is the common difference

Looking at the sequence, we can say the common difference is -3 [since 3 is subtracted from a term to get the next term]

Also, first term is 13

Now, we plug into formula:


\begin{gathered} a_n=a+(n-1)d \\ a_n=13+(n-1)(-3) \\ a_n=13-3n+3_{} \\ a_n=16-3n \end{gathered}

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