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The first term in an arithmetic sequence is -3. If the sequence has a common difference of 8, what is the 30th term in the sequence?

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Answer:

229

Step-by-step explanation:

(my work for the problem is in the photo I attached)

(I also wrote this step-by-step in the photo because I can explain things better as I do them)

This will be a little bit confusing without me writing out the numbers, so mainly this is if you can't read my handwriting

  -3       + 8         =      5    ;  5       + 8    =     13

(1st term)                   (2nd term)            (3rd term)

Instead of adding 8 repeatedly (repeated addition), we can use multiplication.

To get the 3rd term in this sequence, we had to add 8 twice, which could also be done by multiplying 8 twice (8 x 2)

13 + 8 = 21

         (4th term)

to get the 4th term, we added 8 three times (or, 8 x 3)

So, if we are looking for the 30th term in a sequence, we will have to add 8, 29 times (8 x 29) to our original term.

8 x 29 = 232

-3 + 232 = 229

This means that the 30th term of the sequence will be 229.

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