https://padlet.com/nate_lewandowski/5ltruh9jombq Given the formula of an arithmetic sequence, either in explicit form or in recursive form, find a specific term in the sequence. en-us 2016-09-20 12:50:30 UTC 2025-10-23 21:23:58 UTC hello@padlet.com nate_lewandowski https://padlet.com/nate_lewandowski/5ltruh9jombq/wish/195372489 2017-10-09 19:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nate_lewandowski/5ltruh9jombq/wish/195372489 nate_lewandowski https://padlet.com/nate_lewandowski/5ltruh9jombq/wish/195372888 2017-10-09 19:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nate_lewandowski/5ltruh9jombq/wish/195372888 nate_lewandowski https://padlet.com/nate_lewandowski/5ltruh9jombq/wish/195373753 2017-10-09 20:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nate_lewandowski/5ltruh9jombq/wish/195373753 jeremyshultzy https://padlet.com/nate_lewandowski/5ltruh9jombq/wish/196762705 1.   since you're looking for the 3rd term you would plug in 3 for n in b(n)=b(n-1)-7.
2.   solve whats in the parenthesis only.
3.   Then you plug in 2 so that b(2)=b(2-1)-7. solve whats in the parenthesis only, which should make that part b(1).
4.   since it gives use b(1)=-2, plug that in to b(2)=b(1)-7.
5.   solve that and you get b(2)=-9. So that gets plugged into b(3)=b(2)-7.
6. Solving that gives you -16.

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