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#1 Re: Help Me ! » finding the nth term » 2006-10-22 12:07:44

ohhhhhh ok so let me try a problem

1       2      3       4        5         
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6     12       18      24      30     

so would it be 6n-12 ???

#2 Re: Help Me ! » finding the nth term » 2006-10-22 11:59:24

ok so you just say n2 when you are squaring? and im still not sure about the first problem because i dont get how you got f(n)=5??

#3 Re: Help Me ! » finding the nth term » 2006-10-22 11:49:01

well isn't it increasing by 1 every time?

#4 Re: Help Me ! » finding the nth term » 2006-10-22 11:28:54

ok what about this problem??

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1    4     9     16    25    36

#5 Re: Help Me ! » finding the nth term » 2006-10-22 11:25:02

ok that makes sense but why do you need to find 0?? is that for every problem you do??

#7 Re: Help Me ! » finding the nth term » 2006-10-22 11:06:34

wait so did you get 4 becasue 4-3=1? and how would you take that formula and find the 20th term?

#8 Help Me ! » finding the nth term » 2006-10-22 10:04:16

mathgeek62
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does anyone know how to write out the nth term? here is my problem...

1   2    3   4     5      6    n     20
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2   -1   -4   -7  -10  -13   ?     ?


so how would you write out the nth term and find the 20th? please help!:D

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