You are given a sequence of thirteen terms, each an integer, such that the fourth term is 17 and the eighth term is 29. You are also given that the sum of any three consecutive terms in the sequence is the same and that the sum of the thirteen terms is 217. What is the sequence? Someone pllz help

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the sequence as :

I put 17 there as because I want 3 consecutive elements. Let A is the sum of them.

   17

Hence A = 50

Then, back to the condition

Subtract them, we get

That gives you

Do the same with other groups.

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4