This math skill teaches how to find the value of a specific term in a sequence using its algebraic formula. By substituting the term's position into the formula, calculate the term's value through arithmetic operations.
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Finding term value of a pattern frow equation
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What is the value of the 17th term in this sequence?
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We can just plug in 17 for 'N' in the equation
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Now we can solve. 17 minus 1 give us 16 in the brackets. Multiplying the bracketed value, we have 3 times 16, which is 48. 46 minus 48 is negative 2
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So the 17th term of our sequence is negative 2