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No. An 'arithmetic' sequence is defined as one with a common difference.

A sequence with a common ratio is a geometricone.

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What is a sequence in which a common difference separates terms?

arithmetic sequence


What is it where you find terms by adding the common difference to the previous terms?

An arithmetic sequence.


In what sequence are all of the terms the same?

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Rule to finding terms in a arithmetic sequence?

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What is a sequence whose successive terms differ by the same nonzero number d called the common difference?

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