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Find the first five terms of the sequence defined below, where $n$ represents the position of a term in the sequence. Start with $n = 1$ . $\newline$ $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ ___, _, _, _, ___

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Q. Find the first five terms of the sequence defined below, where

n

represents the position of a term in the sequence. Start with

n = 1

.

\newline

a_n = 8n + 7

\newline

_____, _____, _____, _____, _____

Find first term $a_1$ : $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ Find the first term of the sequence, $a_1$ . $\newline$ $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ $a_1 = 8(1) + 7$ $\newline$ $a_1 = 8 + 7$ $\newline$ $a_1 = 15$
Find second term $a_2$ : $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ Find the second term of the sequence, $a_2$ . $\newline$ $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ $a_2 = 8(2) + 7$ $\newline$ $a_2 = 16 + 7$ $\newline$ $a_2 = 23$
Find third term $a_3$ : $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ Find the third term of the sequence, $a_3$ . $\newline$ $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ $a_3 = 8(3) + 7$ $\newline$ $a_3 = 24 + 7$ $\newline$ $a_3 = 31$
Find fourth term $a_4$ : $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ Find the fourth term of the sequence, $a_4$ . $\newline$ $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ $a_4 = 8(4) + 7$ $\newline$ $a_4 = 32 + 7$ $\newline$ $a_4 = 39$
Find fifth term $a_5$ : $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ Find the fifth term of the sequence, $a_5$ . $\newline$ $a_n = 8n + 7$ $\newline$ $a_5 = 8(5) + 7$ $\newline$ $a_5 = 40 + 7$ $\newline$ $a_5 = 47$

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