Step 1
In problem one, students will use formulas to find the differences of the consecutive terms of a sequence.
Applications and Interpretation | Statistics and Probability
Students use formulas to find the differences of the consecutive terms, plot a scatter plot of each sequence, and determine that sequences with common differences (called arithmetic sequences) have scatter plots whose points form a straight line.
In problem one, students will use formulas to find the differences of the consecutive terms of a sequence.
Then, students will plot a scatter plot of each sequence and determine that sequences with common differences, also called arithmetic sequences, have scatter plots that form a straight line.
In problems two and three, students generate a sequence and then find the sum of the first n terms of a sequence using a formula.