Question

Given the 5th term is 103 and the common difference is -6, answer the following questions. (4-6)
4. What is the 6th term

Answer 1

what you think what mean this common difference of -6 ?

using this property of this series from 5th term how you get the 6th term ?

Answer 2

so 103 --6

Answer 3

That is correct. What did you get?

Answer 4

109?

Answer 5

Well since the common difference is negative, the 6th term would be less than 103. you would actually do 103+-6 which is equal to 103-6.

Answer 6

You would get 109 if the common difference was +6 but in this problem the common difference is -9.

Answer 7

so 97?

Answer 8

Correct.

Answer 9

thank you

Answer 10

np.