12/27 tulips to total flowers
Hi <span>Tysona90!
Let's write it with the X as a 3
8*3-4*3_7(10-3) Now let's solve it 8*3 is 24 and 4*3 is 12 so then we do 24-12 which is 12. So now we have 12_7(10-3) so let's solve the other half which is 10-3 is 7 times 7 (since parenthesis can also mean multiplication) which is 49 so we now have 12_49 which means the answer is A.
Hope this helps!</span>
We can figure this out using the explicit formula.

n represents the term we are looking for.
f(1) represents the first term in the sequence, which in this case, is 7.
d represents the common difference, which in this case, is +3.
f(n) = 7 + 3(n - 1)
f(n) = 7 + 3n - 3
f(n) = 4 + 3n
Now, we can input 214 for n and solve.
f(214) = 4 + 3(214)
f(214) = 4 + 642
f(214) = 646
The 214th term in this sequence is 646.