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

question 165

Multiple Choice

Find the first term, the common difference, and give a recursive formula for the arithmetic sequence.
-8 th term is $62 ; 13$ th term is 42

• A) \(a _ { 1 } = 90 , d = 4 , a _ { n } = a _ { n - 1 } + 4\)
• B) \(a _ { 1 } = 94 , d = - 4 , a _ { n } = a _ { n - 1 } - 4\)
• C) \(a _ { 1 } = 94 , d = 4 , a _ { n } = a _ { n - 1 } + 4\)
• D) \(a _ { 1 } = 90 , d = - 4 , a _ { n } = a _ { n - 1 } - 4\)

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