In a sequence of numbers, each term except the first is 4 less than 4 times the previous term. If the fourth term in this sequence is 12, what is the first term?

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Answer 1
Answer: First term is -1 because the common difference between each term 4n-4 where n is the term before. Therefore of you work backwards by taking 4 away from 12 then diving by 4 you should get 4 as third term. So you can keep going back till first term and you would get the following sequence

-1, 0, 4, 12...

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

d = 7%2F2

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Let f(x) = x2 − 8x + 5. Find f(−1)

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 f(x) = x² - 8x + 5
f(-1) = (-1)² - 8(-1) + 5
f(-1) = 1 + 8 + 5
f(-1) = 9 + 5
f(-1) = 14
f(x) = x^2- 8x + 5

f(-1) = (-1)^2- 8(-1) + 5

f(-1) = 1 + 8 + 5

f(-1) = 9 + 5

f(-1) = 14

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