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Between each pair of terms in this sequence is the amount the sequence is decreasing by. The 𝒏th term refers to a term's position in the sequence, for example, the first term has 𝒏 = 1, the second ...

Quadratic sequences are sequences that include an \(n^2\) term. They can be identified by the fact that the differences in-between the terms are not equal, but the second differences between terms are ...