Question

find the third,fifth and seventeenth terms of the sequence described by each explicit formula f(n)=8+3(n-1) and how you got it

Answer 1

Explanation:

plug in 3 , 5 and 17 for n

8 + 3(3 -1) = 8 + 6 = 14

8 + 3(5-1) = 8 + 12 = 20

8 + 3(17-1) = 8 + 48 = 56