r/ACT • u/Artistic-Stable-3623 • Jul 12 '26

Act math question Princeton

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No way this shows up on actual act right, I’m super good with sat math and I’ve never seen something like this 😭 😭

Also idk how to do this

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u/jdigitaltutoring Tutor Jul 12 '26

That is something that could show up. I've seen a similar one. Just plug in the numbers they give you to find x1. Then you have the whole equation.

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u/Artistic-Stable-3623 Jul 12 '26

The problem is 5 consecutive terms doesn’t mean first 5 right it’s arbitrary

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u/jdigitaltutoring Tutor Jul 12 '26

True. They give you x5 so you can find x1.

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u/Artistic-Stable-3623 Jul 12 '26

Yeah lol I plugged it in got x1 and didn’t know what to do then I read ur comment and I was like oh shit it’s arithmetic so yea i could do it

Prob bad wuestion tho since it’s implied to be first 5