Staar Algebra Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences

Create the explicit formula for the sequence:
2, 8, 14, ...
(Hint:  Write your formula and then simplify it.)

• a_n=2+6n

• a_n=-6+6n

• a_n=6n-4

• a_n=4-6n

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Find the first term of the given sequence:
a₁₄=68
d=3

• 14

• 20

• 26

• 29

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Find the 22nd term of the following sequence:
5, 8, 11, ...

• 14

• 68

• 63

• 71

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Find the 25th term of the sequence if a₁ = 5 and d = 0.5

• 18

• 17

• 15

• 14

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What kind of sequence is the pattern 400, 200, 100, 50, 25, ...?

• Arithmetic

• Geometric

• Neither

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What is a₅ in the sequence defined as follows?
a_n = 5 ⋅ 2^(n-1) 

• a₅ = 160

• a₅ = 40

• a₅ = 10

• a₅ = 80

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What is the explicit rule for the sequence:
11, 22, 44, 88...

• u_n = 2(11)^n-1

• u_n = 11(2)

• u_n = 11(2)^n-1

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What is the 38th term of this sequence?
{26, 22, 18, 14, ... }

• -4

• 10

• -122

• 174

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Create the formula for the arithmetic sequence:
6, 11, 16, 21...

• a_n = -1-5n

• a_n = -1+5n

• a_n= 1+5n

• a_n = 1-5n

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Create the formula for the arithmetic sequence:
-10, -3, 4, 11...

• a_n = 17-7n

• a_n = -17+7n

• a_n= -17-7n

• a_n = 17+7n

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