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What's the Common Difference?

What is the common difference?

Summary

  1. The difference between two numbers is the result you get after subtracting those two numbers
  2. 2, 4, 6, 8 is an arithmetic sequence
  3. To find the common difference for the sequence '2, 4, 6, 8, ...' we'll have to find the difference between each pair of numbers
  4. Add 2 to each number to get the next number in the sequence
  5. Since we add 2 each time, 2 is the common difference!

Notes

    1. The difference between two numbers is the result you get after subtracting those two numbers
    1. The difference between two numbers is the result you get after subtracting those two numbers
    1. You can do this by subtracting a term from the term that comes after it
    1. If it is not the same every time, you don't have an arithmetic sequence
    1. Even numbers are numbers that are divisible by 2
    1. We can do this by just subtracting each number from the number that comes after it
    1. So we would subtract 4-2
    1. So we would subtract 6-4
    1. So we would subtract 8-6
    1. 2+2=4
    1. 4+2=6
    1. 6+2=8