Find the First Term, the Common Difference, and Give a Recursive

question 141

Multiple Choice

Find the first term, the common difference, and give a recursive formula for the arithmetic sequence.
-6th term is -17; 15th term is -53

• A) a1 = 3, d = -4, an = an-1 - 4
• B) a1 = 3, d = 4, an = an-1 + 4
• C) a1 = 7, d = 4, an = an-1 + 4
• D) a1 = 7, d = -4, an = an-1 - 4

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