# maths

What is the 50th term of the linear sequence below?
27
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25
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23
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21
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19
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1. each term is two smaller than the preceding term
... the common difference is -2

from the 1st term to the 50th term is 49 common differences

50th term = 27 + (-2 * 49)

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2. Hegarty maths

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3. Who else has this as their Hegarty maths question 😆

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5. anyone else looking up from Hegarty maths

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6. what skl do you go to

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7. The answer is - 71

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8. hegarty here

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9. thanks to that guy at the top who answered that hegarty maths question for me - i finally get it!

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10. What is the 50th term of the linear sequence below?
27
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25
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23
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21
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19
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11. I don’t get it what is the answer this is a bit confusing you are not making it clear enough kmt

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12. -71

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13. hegarty anyone?

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14. what is the 50th term of the linear sequence below
27
25
23
21
19

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16. yup mines a hegarty memri task

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17. oh yup thx

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18. Don't mind me cheating my hegarty maths question

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