Question

ASAP!!! NEED HELP!!!! Max is stacking logs at his campground for firewood. After his first load of logs, he has 8 logs on the stack. After his seventh load of logs, he has 62 logs on the stack. Use sequence notation to represent the arithmetic function. ANSWER CHOICES: A. an = 8 + 6(n − 1) B. an = 62 + 6(n − 1) C. an = 8 + 9(n − 1) D. an = 62 + 9(n − 1)

Answer 1

Answer: Choice C.  an = 8 + 9(n-1)

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Work Shown:

a1 = 8 is the first term

a7 = 62 is the seventh term

an = a1+d(n-1) = nth term of arithmetic sequence

a7 = a1+d(7-1) ... plug in n = 7; solve for d

62 = 8+d(6)

62 = 6d+8

6d+8 = 62

6d = 62-8

6d = 54

d = 54/6

d = 9 is the common difference

an = a1 + d(n-1)

an = 8 + 9(n-1) is the nth term of this arithmetic sequence