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What’s the 16th term for 32,27,22,17

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Answer:

-43

Explanation:

By staring at it for a while you can tell that you're losing 5 every step. You can write the succession as
a_n = 32-5n (please notice the first terms starts when
n=0, not 1!). The 16th term happens at
n=15:


a_1_5=32-5(15) = -43

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