Question

Please help me with these two math problems that I do not quite understand. This is urgent!

Answer 1

Answer:

1)$a_{n}=a_{1}+(n-1)d\Rightarrow a_{n}=-1-2(n-1)\\a_{2}=-1-2(2-1)\Rightarrow a_{2}=-3\\a_{3}=-1-2(3-1)\Rightarrow a_{3}=-5\\(...)\\a_{10}=-1-2(10-1)=-19$

2) $a_{10}=4+8(10-1)\Rightarrow a_{10}=76$

Step-by-step explanation:

1) To write an Arithmetic Sequence, as an Explicit Term, is to write a general formula to find any term for this sequence following this pattern:

$a_{n}=a_{1}+d(n-1)\Rightarrow \left\{\begin{matrix}a_{n}=n^{th}\: term\\a_1=1st \: term \\d=\: difference\\n=n^{th}\, term\end{matrix}\right.$

"Write an explicit formula for each explicit formula A(n)=-1+(n-1)(-2)"

This isn't quite clear. So, assuming you meant

Write an explicit formula for each term of this sequence A(n)=-1+(n-1)(-2)

As this A(n)=-1+(n-1)(-2)  is already an Explicit Formula, since it is given the first term $a_{1}=-1$ the common difference $d=-2$ let's find some terms of this Sequence through this Explicit Formula:

$a_{n}=a_{1}+(n-1)d\Rightarrow a_{n}=-1-2(n-1)\\a_{2}=-1-2(2-1)\Rightarrow a_{2}=-3\\a_{3}=-1-2(3-1)\Rightarrow a_{3}=-5\\(...)\\a_{10}=-1-2(10-1)=-19$

2) $(4,12,20,28, ..)$ In this Arithmetic Sequence the common difference is 8, the first term value is 4.

Then, just plug in the first term and the common difference into the explicit formula:

$a_{10}=4+8(10-1)\Rightarrow a_{10}=76$