Scribd
Upload
131 views

Week 2 Arithmetic Sequence Finding The NTH Term

The document explains how to find the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. An arithmetic sequence is a sequence where each term differs from the preceding term by a constant value called the common difference. The formula for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence is an = a1 + (n-1)d, where a1 is the first term, d is the common difference, and n is the term being solved for. The document provides an example of using the formula to find the 30th term of the sequence -4, -1, 2, 5, etc.

Uploaded by

Schievvie Abanilla
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
131 views

Week 2 Arithmetic Sequence Finding The NTH Term

The document explains how to find the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. An arithmetic sequence is a sequence where each term differs from the preceding term by a constant value called the common difference. The formula for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence is an = a1 + (n-1)d, where a1 is the first term, d is the common difference, and n is the term being solved for. The document provides an example of using the formula to find the 30th term of the sequence -4, -1, 2, 5, etc.

Uploaded by

Schievvie Abanilla
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 9

Arithmetic

sequence
How to find the nth term of an arithmetic sequence?
Definition: arithmetic sequence
An arithmetic sequence or arithmetic progression is a sequence in which each term after
the first term differs from the preceding term by a constant value. The difference between
consecutive terms is called the common difference of the sequence.

FORMULA:
General term of an arithmetic
sequence
The nth term (general term) of an arithmetic sequence with first term and common
difference is.

FORMULA:
Let’s solve!
Because the formula contains four variables
( , , and ), if any three of these are known, we can find the value of the fourth
variable.

Example: Find , the term, in the arithmetic sequence:


-4,-1,2,5,…
Let’s solve!
Example: Find , the term, in the arithmetic sequence:
-4,-1,2,5,…
Step 1: Illustrate using a table…
n 1 2 3 4 30

-4 -1 2 5 ?

Step2: Find the common 3 3 3 Common


difference difference is 3
Because the formula contains four variables
( , , and ), we can find the value of the 30th variable.
Let’s solve!
Step 3: define the formula in getting the 30th term

Define the value of the first term, = 4, =3, and =30


Step 4: Substitute the values on the formula then solve.

Step 5: Conclude: the 3oth term of the arithmetic sequence -4,-1, 2, 5, … is 83.
Let’s solve!
Because the formula contains four variables
( , , and ), if any three of these are known, we can find the value of the fourth
variable.

Example: Find , the term, in the arithmetic sequence:


-4,-1,2,5,…
Let’s solve!
Example: Find , the term, in the arithmetic sequence:
-4,-1,2,5,…
Step 1: Illustrate using a table…
n 1 2 3 4 30

-4 -1 2 5 ?

Step2: Find the common 3 3 3 Common


difference difference is 3
Because the formula contains four variables
( , , and ), we can find the value of the 30th variable.
Let’s solve!
Step 3: define the formula in getting the 30th term

Define the value of the first term, = 4, =3, and =30


Step 4: Substitute the values on the formula then solve.

Step 5: Conclude: the 593rd term of the arithmetic sequence -4,-1, 2, 5, … is 1272.

You might also like