Understanding Arithmetic Series - Math

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List the first 4 terms of an arithmetic sequence with a first term of 3, and a common difference of 5.

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An arithmetic sequence is one in which the common difference is added to one term to get the next term. Thus, if the first term is 3, we add 5 to get the second term, and continue in this manner.

Thus, the first four terms are:

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