Given the explicit formula:

Question

a5 = 8 + 7 (n - 1)
a) What term is the formula finding?
The answer choices are: 7, 8, 5, and 6

Answer 1

The formula provided is:

\[ a_n = 8 + 7(n - 1) \]

This formula represents the nth term of a sequence. The term \( a_5 \) specifically refers to the fifth term in this sequence (since \( n = 5 \)).

Thus, the answer to the question "What term is the formula finding?" is:

5.