Given That The $5^{\text {th }}$ Term of an Arithmetic Sequence Is

question 35

Multiple Choice

Given that the $5^{\text {th }}$ term of an arithmetic sequence is $30$ and the $7 ^ { \mathrm { ct } }$ term is $44$
, find the first term

• A) \(a _ { 1 } = 7\)
• B) \(a _ { 1 } = 4\)
• C) \(a _ { 1 } = - 4\)
• D) \(a _ { 1 } = - 2\)
• E) \(a _ { 1 } = 2\)

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