What is the explicit formula for this arithmetic sequence?
-10,-17, -24, -31, ...

D

Step-by-step explanation:

The starting term is a1.

That's the very first term.

a1 = - 10

The second term = -17 which means that you added - 7 to - 10.

So d must be - 7

The formula must be

an = a1 + (n - 1)*d

an = -10 + (n - 1)(-7)

You might wonder why it is n - 1. The reason is because the first term is already added on the right side. The -1 means that we have already included the first term.

We should try the formula out to see what it does. Let's find a4

a4 = -10 + (4 -1)*-7

a4 = -10 + 3(-7)

a4 = -10 - 21

a4 = - 31 which is what the question suggests.

a) what number, when added to negative four, is equal to negative five?

step-by-step explanation:

answer:   segregation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment, which holds that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

details/explanation:

brown v. board of education of topeka, decided by the us supreme court in 1954, ruled that all americans are entitled to the same civil liberties and protections in regard to access to education. until that decision, it was legal to segregate schools according to race, so that black students could not attend the same schools as white students.   an older supreme court decision, plessy v. ferguson (1896), had said that separate, segregated public facilities were acceptable as long as the facilities offered were equal in quality.   in the case of brown v. board of education, that standard was challenged and defeated.   segregation was shown to create inequality, and the supreme court unanimously ruled segregation to be unconstitutional.

the ruling was important in advancing civil rights because it affirmed that the 14th amendment applies to all rights and privileges of citizens, including access to   education.   this was being violated by states whose laws supported the segregation of schools.   section 1 of the 14th amendment reads as follows: