We need to find the 8 th term nth term is given as <span><span>an</span>=<span>a1</span>+(n−1)d</span>
n=8, d =-4 (common difference) <span><span>a8</span>=<span>a1</span>+(8−1)×d</span>
<span><span>a8</span>=1+7×(−4<span>)</span></span>
Step 1 is the correct answer because to begin solving you must add 1 to both sides of the equation
Let the score of cowboys is x
and giants make score 9 which is twice less than the cowboys score so
giants score will be = 2x -9
and packers scored 14 more than giants that is (2x - 9) + 14
now sum of their scores is equal to 81 it means:
x + (2x - 9) + (2x -9) + 14 = 81
x + 2x - 9 + 2x - 9 + 14 = 81
5x = 81 + 4
5x = 85
x = 17
packers scored = (2x - 9) + 14
= 2 (17) -9 + 14
=38 + 5 = 43 points
