Answer:
[tex]\begin{gathered} a_2\text{ = 9} \\ a_3\text{ = 1} \\ a_4\text{ = -7} \\ a_5\text{ = -15} \end{gathered}[/tex]
Explanation:
Here, we want to get find the four terms of the arithmetic sequence from the given terms
The first term is represented by a,
Then each of the next terms is a + (n-1)d
Thus, we have the 7th term as:
[tex]a\text{ + 6d}[/tex]
we can get d from here, which is the common difference of terms in the sequence
[tex]\begin{gathered} a\text{ + 6d = -31} \\ 17\text{ +6d = -31} \\ 6d\text{ = =-31-17} \\ 6d\text{ = -48} \\ d\text{ = }\frac{-48}{6} \\ d\text{ = -8} \end{gathered}[/tex]
We have the other terms as follows:
[tex]\begin{gathered} a_2\text{ = 17-8 = 9} \\ a_3\text{ = 17+2\lparen-8\rparen = 1} \\ a_4\text{ = 17 + 3\lparen-8\rparen = -7} \\ a_5\text{ = 17 + 4\lparen-8\rparen = -15} \end{gathered}[/tex]