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Given the first five terms of a sequence, explain how you would decide if the sequence is arithmetic.
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This can be done by subtracting the previous term from the current term. For example, the difference between the second and first term is $a_{2} - a_{1}$, the difference between the third and second term is $a_{3} - a_{2}$, and so on. Show more…
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