Question

Is the sequence 5, 9, 15, ... an arithmetic sequence?why? Explain.

Answer 1

what defines an arithmetic sequence?

Answer 2

i dont know

Answer 3

then you might want to read up on that ....

Answer 4

ur here to help or wat

Answer 5

you need to have some basic understanding of it .... which should be available to you in your material. Otherwise I have nothing to work with :/

Answer 6

if you have some basic idea (right or wrong) i could try to formula something .. but simply saying 'i dont know' tends to convey an attitutde of just not caring about the subject matter.

Answer 7

A sequence made by adding some value each time.

Example: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, ...
is that right

Answer 8

the baby in your avatar is soooo cute

Answer 9

good, adding the same amount each time would be a good defining characteristic

does this sequence have that property?

Answer 10

no

Answer 11

5, 9, 15

5+x = 9
9+x = 15

youre right, 4 and 6 are simply not going to cut it

so this is NOT an arith seq.

Answer 12

oh ok thankx

Answer 13

good luck ;)