College Algebra (11th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Review Exercises - Page 697: 8

Answer

$12, 10, 8, 6, 4$

Work Step by Step

From the given sequence, we have: $n=1,2,3,4,5$ and $d=-2$; $a_2=10$ $a_1=a_2-d=10-(-2)=10+2=12$ The succeeding terms can be computed by adding the common difference $-2$: $a_3=a_2+(-2)=10-2=8\\a_4=a_3+(-2)=8-2=6\\a_5=a_4+(-2)=6-2=4$ Hence, the first $5$ terms are $12, 10, 8, 6, 4$
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