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

question 18

Multiple Choice

Find the first term, the common difference, and give a recursive formula for the arithmetic sequence.
-7th term is 29; 15th term is -27

• A) a1 = 78, d = 7, a_n = a_n- 1 + 7
• B) a1 = 71, d = -7, a_n = a_n- 1 - 7
• C) a1 = 71, d = 7, a_n = a_n- 1 + 7
• D) a1 = 78, d = -7, a_n = a_n- 1 - 7

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