What is an nth term?

What is the nth term in a number sequence?
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It stands for the general term, so you can substitute any number for n. The nth term in the series 2 4 6 8 ... would be 2n. So if we put n=5, the nth term would be 10. If we put n=100, the nth term would be 200, and so on.

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