Find the first term and the common difference of the arithmetic sequence described. Give a recursive formula for the sequence. Find a formula for the nth term 8th term is 21, 19th term is 65 What is the first term of the sequence? What is the common difference? What is the recursive formula for the sequence? a<sub>1</sub> = a<sub>n</sub> = a<sub>n-1</sub> + What is the formula for the nth term of the sequence? a<sub>n</sub> =
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65. To find the common difference, we can subtract the 8th term from the 19th term and divide by the number of terms between them. d = (0.65 - 21) / (19 - 8) d = -20.35 / 11 d ≈ -1.85 Show more…
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