Unit
Sequences and Series
MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area
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MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area
Alissa is currently a teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and Brightstorm users love her clear, concise explanations of tough concepts
The explicit formula for a sequence tells you how to find any term in the number pattern, usually called the "n'th" term. If you want the 100th term, you substitute in n = 100, etc. Here, we'll look at how to find the first four terms either by substituting in the values one through four, or using a shortcut by finding a pattern.
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