Question:
Identify a3 of this sequence: 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5,...a3=
Answer:
The third term of sequence is 0.75
![a_3 = 0.75](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/g04486lj4l0vsav22dzknh7zamm3uabwks.png)
Solution:
Given that, sequence is:
0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25. 1.5
Let us find the difference between terms
![0.5 - 0.25 = 0.25\\\\0.75-0.5 = 0.25\\\\1.25-1=0.25\\\\1.5-1.25=0.25](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/zi2sbhmjbxuaxoip4hdsqmjync8pbwzwp4.png)
This is a arithmetic sequence
Because the difference between any term and its immediately preceding term is always 0.25
In a arithmetic sequence,
![a_1 = \text{ first term of sequnece }\\\\a_2 = \text{second term of sequnce }\\\\a_3 = \text{third term of sequnece }\\\\a_n = \text{ nth term of sequnce }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/ckwlpxam4s8knhamginnzyssni1a618a08.png)
Thus, in the sequence 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25. 1.5
![a_3 = \text{ third term } = 0.75](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/ykqtd57ln24a9rjfn1xklk9c6ceddmi2tz.png)
Thus the third term of sequence is 0.75