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The first term of an arithmetic sequence is -3 and the fifteenth term is 53. What is the common difference of the sequence?

The first term of an arithmetic sequence is -3 and the fifteenth term is 53. What is the common difference of the sequence?
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The first term of an arithmetic sequence is -3 and the fifteenth term is 53. What is the common difference of the

sequence?

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Answer:

53=-3+14d

56=14d

d=4 that is the common difference

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