Find the Third Term in a Sequence with Rule n/2

A sequence has the following term-to-term rule:

n2 \frac{n}{2}

What is the the third term?

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00:00 Find the 3rd term
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Understand the problem

A sequence has the following term-to-term rule:

n2 \frac{n}{2}

What is the the third term?

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Step-by-step solution

The third term in the sequence is the term a3 a_3 :

an=n2 a_n= \frac{n}{2}

We need to substitute in the position of the term in the sequence:

n=3 n=3

Now, using our values:

an=n2n=3a3=32 a_{\underline{n}}= \frac{\underline{n}}{2} \\ n=\underline{3}\\ \downarrow\\ a_{\underline{3}}=\frac{\underline{3}}{2}

Now we substitute the position of the term in the sequence (3) in place of n. The substitution is shown with an underline in the expression above.

Therefore, the correct answer is answer C.

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Final Answer

32 \frac{3}{2}

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