Write down in terms of n an expression for the nth term of the following sequence 12,10,8,6,4

There is an obvious pattern. Such sequences can be expressed in terms of the nth term of the sequence. In this case, the nth term = 2n. To find the 1st term, put n = 1 into the formula, to find the 4th term, replace the n's by 4's: 4th term = 2 × 4 = 8. The common difference is -2, so the formula for the nth term is 12-2(n-1).

This can be written 12-2n+2=14-2n, so that when n=1, the 1st term is 14-2=12.

The 5th term is 14-10=4; the 6th is 14-12=2. And so on. This is the formula The expression for the total number of tiles in the nth term is the sum of the areas of the rectangles, n2 + n(n – 1) + 2, which can be simpli- fied to 2n2 – n + 2. quadratic sequences with visual models these are just examples: The nth odd number is given by the formula 2*n-1.
In linear sequences only, the 'nth-term rule' gives the value of any term in that sequence at position 'n'. It is written as 'xn ± y' where x = the constant difference between term values and y is a particular number. The rule allows you to work out the terms of a sequence. An arithmetic progression is a sequence where each term is a certain number larger than the previous term. The terms in the sequence are said to increase by a common difference, d. For example: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, is an arithmetic progression where d = 2. The nth term of this sequence is 2n + 1.

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