Find the Common Difference for the Arithmetic Sequence $$- 5$$

question 233

Multiple Choice

Find the common difference for the arithmetic sequence.
-8, 13, 18, 23, . . .

• A) 15
• B) 5
• C) 0.05
• D) \[- 5\]

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Definitions:

Translation

The process in molecular biology whereby the genetic code carried by mRNA is decoded to produce the specific sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain.

Messenger RNA

A type of RNA that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where proteins are synthesized.

Transcribed

The process by which a segment of DNA is copied into RNA by the enzyme RNA polymerase.

Exons

Regions within a gene that are kept after splicing and translated into protein.