<p>How do you solve this problem ?</p>
<p>The sequence given is 8,17,26,35,44…</p>
<p>Here is the long way:</p>
<p>If we label each one of those as #1, #2, #3 in the sequence</p>
<h1>1 = 8</h1>
<h1>2 = 17</h1>
<h1>3 = 26..and so on</h1>
<p>8+(2-1)9 = 17
8+(3-1)9 = 26</p>
<p>You start to see that the # that 1 is subtracted from represents the # in the sequence.</p>
<p>8+(5-1)9 = 44</p>
<h1>5 = 44</h1>
<p>The question is 8+(26-1)9 = #26 = The 26th term</p>
<p>The faster way to do this problem would be to immediately realize the arithmetic question and plug it in - total time: 10 seconds</p>
<p>Hope that helps</p>