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arithmetic sequence

A list of numbers where each term is the last one plus a fixed common difference.

A sequence is arithmetic if consecutive terms always differ by the same constant d, the common difference: a_n = a_{n-1}+d. Its explicit formula is a_n = a_1+(n-1)d, and graphed against n its terms lie on a straight line of slope d.

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common difference geometric sequence
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