what is the 10th term of the sequence

-62, -47, -32, -7, -2

I think you meant -17 instead of -7. If that's true, then the difference between terms is 15. So, the 10th term is

-62 + 9*15 = ?

To find the 10th term of the given sequence, we first need to identify the pattern or rule governing the sequence. Looking closely, we can observe that the given sequence is obtained by adding 15 to the previous number in the sequence, except for the last term, where 5 is added instead.

So, we can start with the first term, -62, and add 15 to it to get the second term, -62 + 15 = -47. Following the same pattern, we obtain the third term as -47 + 15 = -32, the fourth term as -32 + 15 = -17, and so on.

Calculating in this manner, we can determine the 10th term as follows:

-62 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 5 = -62 + 9(15) + 5 = -62 + 135 + 5 = -62 + 140 = 78

Therefore, the 10th term of the sequence is 78.