Recognizing Patterns Answers

What is the common difference between successive terms in the sequence?2, 8, 14, 20, 26, ...

What is the common ratio between successive terms in the sequence?2, –4, 8, –16, 32, –64, ...

A sequence is defined by the formula f(n+1)=f(n)−3. If f(4)=22, what is f(1)?

Shaunta is developing a recursive formula to represent an arithmetic sequence in which 5 is added to each term to determine each successive term. Which formula could represent her sequence?

What is the common ratio between successive terms in the sequence?27, 9, 3, 1, , , , ...

What is the common difference between successive terms in the sequence?9, 2.5, –4, –10.5, –17, ...