Consider the arithmetic progression 48, 45, 42,

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Problem

Consider the arithmetic progression 48, 45, 42, \dots (i) Find its common difference. (ii) Which term of this progression is the first negative number? Show all steps clearly. (iii) Substitute the value of nn obtained in part (ii) to write down that term and confirm it is indeed negative.

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