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Answer: -7</h3>
Explanation:
Pick any term. Subtract off the previous one to find the common difference.
- term2 - term1 = 6-13 = -7
- term3 - term2 = -1-6 = -7
- term4 - term3 = -8-(-1) = -8+1 = -7
And so on. You only need to pick one of those to show as your steps to your teacher. However, doing all three subtractions is a good way to get practice in seeing how we have an arithmetic sequence. The common difference must be the same each time.
We subtract 7 from each term to get the next term, i.e. we add -7 to each term to get the next one.
Answer:
The equation that matches the table is y = -5x + 7 ⇒ C
Step-by-step explanation:
The form of the linear equation is y = m x + b, where
- m is the slope of the line
- b is the y-intercept (value y at x = 0)
The rule of the slope is m =
, where
- (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are two points on the line
From the given table
→ Choose any two points from the table
∵ Points (0, 7) and (1, 2) are in the table
∴ x1 = 0 and y1 = 7
∴ x2 = 1 and y2 = 2
→ Substitute them in the rule of the slope above
∵ m = 
∴ m = -5
→ Substitute it in the form of the equation above
∵ y = -5x + b
∵ b is the value of y at x = 0
∵ At x = 0, y = 7
∴ b = 7
∴ y = -5x + 7
∴ The equation that matches the table is y = -5x + 7
The product would be -4984.