Finding the equation of graphs and nth term in a sequence

Question 1

what is y=mx+c

Answer 1

The equation to find the equation of a line graph

Question 2

what does m mean in y=mx+c

Answer 2

m means the gradient, or the rise over run

Question 3

what does c mean in y=mx+c

Answer 3

c means the y-intercept, or the coordinate that hits the y-axis

Question 4

how do you find the nth term in a sequence?

Answer 4

you calculate the difference between two numbers and then figure out the previous number

Question 5

find the nth term of this sequence: 2, 5, 8, 11…

Answer 5

3n - 1

Question 6

find the nth term of this sequence: 25, 18, 11, 4

Answer 6

-7n + 32

Question 7

True or false: If a sequence goes down, the nth is negative

Answer 7

True (optional: and if the sequence goes up, the nth term is positive)