The general term of a number pattern 5n and -2. Write the 1st two terms of it?
The general term of the 5n-2 is =5n and 5×1-2 and 5×2-2
Is this correct?
5n and -2 ?
did you mean 5n - 2 ??
term(n) = 5n-2
term(1) = 5(1) - 2 = 3
term(2) = 5(2) - 2 = 8
Your statement of "The general term of the 5n-2 is =5n "
makes no sense, but your first two terms would be correct once
you simplified them
No, that is not correct. To find the general term of a number pattern, you need to substitute the value of n into the expression. In this case, the general term is given as 5n - 2.
To find the first term, you substitute n = 1 into the expression:
First term: 5(1) - 2 = 3
To find the second term, you substitute n = 2 into the expression:
Second term: 5(2) - 2 = 8
Therefore, the first two terms of the number pattern 5n - 2 are 3 and 8.