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Created this as a copy of Arithmetic sequences in an ice cream shop.

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Question statement

Fill in the gaps in the following arithmetic sequences.

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

			m	list	[ 11, 5 ]
			index	list	[ 11, 15 ]

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shuffle(5..12 except 10)[0..2]

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Description

Common differences of the sequences

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Generated value: `list`

[ 11, 5 ]

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Parts

Part a) Gap-fill
1. Gap Gap 0. Number entry
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2. Gap Gap 1. Number entry
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Part b) Gap-fill
1. Gap Gap 0. Number entry
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2. Gap Gap 1. Number entry
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$\var{m[0]*(index[0])}, \; \var{m[0]*(index[0]+1)}, \; \var{m[0]*(index[0]+2)}, \;$ Gap 0. $, \; \var{m[0]*(index[0]+4)}, \;$ Gap 1. $, \; \var{m[0]*(index[0]+6)}$

Advice

In an arithmetic sequence, the difference between two adjecent terms is always the same.

a)

The difference between the first two terms in this sequence is $\var{m[0]*(index[0]+1)} - \var{m[0]*(index[0])} = \var{m[0]}$ .

So to get from one term to the next, add $\var{m[0]}$ .

The complete sequence is

$\var{m[0]*(index[0])}, \; \var{m[0]*(index[0]+1)}, \; \var{m[0]*(index[0]+2)}, \; \underline{\var{m[0]*(index[0]+3)}}, \; \var{m[0]*(index[0]+4)}, \; \underline{\var{m[0]*(index[0]+5)}}, \; \var{m[0]*(index[0]+6)}$

b)

The difference between the first two terms in this sequence is $\var{m[1]*(index[1]-1)} - \var{m[1]*(index[1])} = \var{-m[1]}$ .

So to get from one term to the next, subtract $\var{m[1]}$ .

The complete sequence is

$\var{m[1]*(index[1])}, \; \var{m[1]*(index[1]-1)}, \; \underline{\var{m[1]*(index[1]-2)}}, \; \var{m[1]*(index[1]-3)}, \; \var{m[1]*(index[1]-4)}, \; \underline{\var{m[1]*(index[1]-5)}}, \; \var{m[1]*(index[1]-6)}$

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Generated value: `list`