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  • Oct 2, 2010, 06:43 AM
    yesha12
    What is the nth term for 2,7,12,17,22
    What is the nth term for 2,7,12,17,22 please
  • Oct 2, 2010, 07:13 AM
    Unknown008

    One thing you'll notice is that it's an arithmetic progression with first term 2 and common difference 5 (it increases by 5 with each successive term.

    The general formula for an arithmetic progression is given by:



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

    Can you now give the nth term? Post what you get! :)

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