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    Oct 14, 2011, 09:17 PM
    100th term of this sequence?
    The first five terms of a linear sequence are shown below:
    8,6,4,2,0...
    What is the 100th term of this sequence?
    A. -192
    B. -190
    C. -108
    D. -90
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    Oct 15, 2011, 06:58 AM
    The equation giving the nth term of a linear sequence is given by:



    a is the first term and d is the common difference.

    You first term is 8, your common difference is -2. Put those in your formula, and find the 100th term by putting n = 100.

    Can you solve the problem now? :)

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