What is a descending arithmetic sequence?

Seamus Mcknight

Seamus Mcknight

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2022-09-22

What is a descending arithmetic sequence?

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Jaelyn Levine

Jaelyn Levine

Beginner2022-09-23Added 9 answers

It's a sequence of numbers that go down in a regular, linear fashion.
An example is 10,9,8,7,... that goes down 1 every step or step=−1.
But 1000, 950, 900, 850... would also be one, because this goes down 50 every step, or step=−50.
These steps are called the 'common difference'.
Rule:
An arithmetic sequence has a constant difference between two steps. This can be positive, or (in your case) negative.

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