Assuming you're rounding to the nearest ten-thousand, Smallest is 165,000and largest is 174,000
To write down notes while you are in the class because I find it easier to explain it to yourself. You can use flashcards or study your textbook. I find the first suggestion best.
<span>5 ,1 ,-3,-7 ? what the dickens is going on?
notice, from 5 to 1, is really -4 units,
from 1 to -3, is -4 units as well, 1 -4 = -3 and so on.
so, to get the next term's value, you simply subtract 4 from the current one, namely -4 is the "common difference".
and we also know the first term is 5, ok... then
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