Question

The 3rd and 5th terms of an arithmetic sequence are 197 and 173. What is the 4th term?

180
161
221
185

Answer 1

the difference between the 5th and the 3rd term is 24, so what you can do is subtract 12 from 197 and add 12 from 173 and the answer comes out to be 185.

Answer 2

its simple, an Arithmatic sequence means it is addition or subtraction, so here it is subtraction, it is 185, the arithmetic value is -12