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Kisachek [45]
2 years ago
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The nth term of an AP is 12-4n. Find the first term and the common difference.

Mathematics
1 answer:
Virty [35]2 years ago
4 0

Answer:

the first term is 8 and common difference d is -4.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given nth term of an arithmetic sequence is: aₙ=12-4n

We need to find first term and common difference of given arithmetic sequence

First term can be found by  putting n=1:

a_n=12-4n\\a_1=12-4(1)\\a_1=12-4\\a_1=8

So, first term is a₁= 8

Now to find common difference we need to find second term

Second term can be found by putting n=2

a_n=12-4n\\a_2=12-4(2)\\a_2=12-8\\a_2=4

So, second term is: 4

The common difference is found by subtracting second term with first term: a₂-a₁= 4-8 = -4

So, first term is 8 and common difference d is -4

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