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That depends what the pattern of the sequence is.
taking the 1st term as n=1 the 2nd term as n= 2 etc then the first 5 terms of 16-3n are : 1st : 16-3 = 13 2nd : 16-6 = 10 3rd : 16-9 = 7 4th: 16-12 = 4 5th : 16-15 = 1 hope this helps
Nth number in an arithmetic series equals 'a + nd', where 'a' is the first number, 'n' signifies the Nth number and d is the amount by which each term in the series is incremented. For the 5th term it would be a + 5d
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It will have to be a very complex power function because the are not increasing steadily. The increase between the 5th and 6th term is smaller than that between the 4th and 5th terms.