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Can someone help me to write the first ten terms of a sequence whose first term is -10 and whose common difference is -2.

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a_1=-10\\d=-2


a_2=-10-2=-12\\a_3=-10-2-2=-14\\a_4=-10-2-2-2=-16\\a_5=-10-2-2-2-2=-18\\a_6=-10-2-2-2-2-2=-20\\a_7=-10-2-2-2-2-2-2=-22\\a_8=-10-2-2-2-2-2-2-2=-24\\a_9=-10-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2=-26\\a_(10)=-10-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2=-28


a_n=-2n-8

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