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

question 32

Multiple Choice

Find the first term, the common difference, and give a recursive formula for the arithmetic sequence.
-6th term is -10; 15th term is -46

• A) a1 = -10, d = -4, a_n = a_n- 1 - 4
• B) a1 = 10, d = -4, a_n = a_n- 1 - 4
• C) a1 = -30, d = 4, a_n = a_n- 1 + 4
• D) a1 = 10, d = 4, a_n = a_n- 1 + 4

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